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| Appointment of traffic wardens. |
65. - (1) The Board shall appoint traffic wardens on such terms and conditions as the Secretary of State may determine.
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(2) Traffic wardens shall be under the direction and control of the Chief Constable.
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(3) Where a complaint is made by a member of the public against a traffic warden, the complaint shall be referred to the Chief Constable who shall (unless the complaint alleges an offence with which the traffic warden has then been charged) forthwith record the complaint and cause it to be investigated.
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| Video recording of interviews. |
66. - (1) The Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 shall be amended as follows.
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(2) After Article 60 there shall be inserted the following Article-
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| "Video recording of interviews |
60A. It shall be the duty of the Secretary of State-
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(a) to issue a code of practice in connection with the video-recording with sound of interviews of persons suspected of the commission of criminal offences which are held by police officers at police stations; |
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(b) to make an order (subject to Article 89) requiring the video-recording with sound of interviews of persons suspected of the commission of criminal offences, or of such descriptions of criminal offences as may be specified in the order, which are so held, in accordance with the code as it has effect for the time being.". |
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(3) In Article 66(2) (codes of practice - supplementary) after "Article 60" there shall be inserted ", 60A".
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(4) In Article 89 (orders and regulations) after "Articles 60" there shall be inserted ", 60A".
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| Application to police of anti-discrimination legislation. |
67. Schedule 4, which amends in their application to the police force and other bodies of constables-
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(a) the Sex Discrimination (Northern Ireland) Order 1976; |
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(b) the Race Relations (Northern Ireland) Order 1997; and |
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(c) the Fair Employment and Treatment (Northern Ireland) Order 1998, |
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shall have effect.
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| Expenses of Secretary of State. |
68. There shall be defrayed out of money provided by Parliament-
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(a) any expenditure of the Secretary of State under this Act; and |
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(b) any increase attributable to this Act in the sums so payable under any other statutory provision. |
| Orders and regulations. |
69. - (1) Any power of the Secretary of State to make orders or regulations under this Act shall be exercisable by statutory rule for the purposes of the Statutory Rules (Northern Ireland) Order 1979.
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(2) Orders or regulations under this Act-
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(a) may make different provision for different purposes, cases and circumstances; |
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(b) may contain such supplementary and transitional provisions as appear to the Secretary of State to be appropriate. |
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(3) Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to vesting orders made under section 7.
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(4) A statutory rule made under this Act (other than one containing an order under section 70(3) or 72) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament in like manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply accordingly.
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| Interpretation. |
70. - (1) In this Act-
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"the 1998 Act" means the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998; |
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"theBoard" means the Northern Ireland Policing Board; |
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"building" includes any structure; |
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"the Chief Constable" means the Chief Constable of the police service; |
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"civil service" means the civil service of Northern Ireland or the civil service of the United Kingdom; |
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"equipment" includes vehicles, apparatus, furniture, fittings, accoutrements and clothing; |
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"financial year" means the period of 12 months ending with 31st March; |
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"functions" includes powers and duties; |
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"the Ombudsman" means the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland; |
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"Police Association" means the Police Association for Northern Ireland; |
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"the Police Acts" means this Act and the 1998 Act; |
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"police purposes" means the purposes of the police force, the police support staff, police service trainees, police service reserve trainees, police cadets and traffic wardens; |
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"police service reserve trainee" has the meaning given by section 36(2); |
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"police service trainee" has the meaning given by section 35(2); |
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"police support staff" has the meaning given by section 4(6); |
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"the policing plan" has the meaning given by section 25(1); |
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"provide" and "maintain" have the same meaning as, by virtue of section 147 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, they have for the purposes of that Act; |
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"senior officer", in relation to the police service, means an officer above the rank of superintendent; |
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"statutory authority" means- |
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(a) a body constituted under a statutory provision; or
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(b) a person holding office under a statutory provision;
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"statutory provision" has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954. |
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(2) In this Act "the police force" means-
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(a) the police service; and |
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(b) the police service reserve. |
| Amendments, transitional and transitory provisions and repeals. |
71. - (1) The statutory provisions mentioned in Schedule 5 shall be amended as provided in that Schedule.
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(2) In relation to any time after the coming into force of this subsection, any reference in any statutory provision or other document-
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(a) to the Chief Constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be construed as a reference to the Chief Constable of the police service; |
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(b) to a person holding any other particular rank, or a rank of a particular description, in the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be construed as a reference to a person holding that rank, or a rank of that description, in the police service; |
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(c) to a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary shall be construed as a reference to a member of the police service; |
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(d) to a member of the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve shall be construed as a reference to a member of the police service reserve; |
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(e) to the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve shall be construed as a reference to the police service reserve; |
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(f) to the Royal Ulster Constabulary in any other context shall be construed as a reference to the police service. |
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(3) Schedule 6 (which contains transitional and transitory provisions) shall have effect.
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(4) The statutory provisions mentioned in Schedule 7 are repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.
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