S.I. No. 146/1959 - Garda Síochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1959.

I, OSCAR TRAYNOR, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925), with the sanction of the Minister for Finance and after due compliance with subsection (2) of the said section 12, hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Garda Síochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1959.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. Subject to the provisions (other than Article 4) of the Garda Síochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 156 of 1958 ), the pay of members of the Garda Síochána mentioned hereunder shall, from the 1st day of April, 1958, be in accordance with the following rates and scales :

	£
The Commissioner	2,448 per annum
Deputy Commissioners	1,879 " "
Assistant Commissioners	1,662 " "
Surgeon :
On appointment	1,512 " "
After one year from appointment	1,564 " "
" two years" "	1,616 " "
" three " " "	1,668 " "
" four " " "	1,720 " "
Chief Superintendents :
On appointment	1,168 " "
After one year from appointment	1,223 " "
" two years " "	1,281 " "
" three " " "	1,338 " "
" four " " "	1,394 " "
" five " " "	1,440 " "

4. Article 4 of the Garda Síochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1958, shall not have effect in relation to members of the Garda Síochána mentioned in Article 3 of this Order, and Articles 11 and 12 of that Order shall, in their application to such members, have effect as if the references therein to that Order were references to this Order.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 27th day of August, 1959.

(Signed) OSCAR TRAYNOR.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 27th day of August, 1959.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Garda Síochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1958, ( S.I. No. 156 of 1958 ), provided for increases of pay, with effect from 1st April, 1958, to members of the Garda Síochána up to and including the rank of Superintendent. This Order provides for pay increases, with effect from the same date, to members of the rank of Chief Superintendent and upwards.