Police Act 1969 (repealed)

2 Provisions for facilitating the engagement of members of home police forces for periods of service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary. U.K.

(1) The following provisions shall have effect with respect to a member (other than the chief officer) of a home police force who, with the consent of the appropriate authority and the Secretary of State, engages for a period of service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary, namely:—

(a) during that period (or if, during the course thereof, he is dismissed from the Royal Ulster Constabulary or is required to resign as an alternative to dismissal, during such part of that period as ends when he is dismissed or required to resign) he shall, except for the purpose of his being promoted in his home force, be treated as if he were not a member thereof; and

(b) he shall, when, by virtue of the foregoing paragraph, he ceases (except for the purpose aforesaid) to be treated as if he were not a member of his home force, be entitled to revert to that force—

(i) if he has not been promoted in that force during his period of service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary, in the rank in which he was serving immediately before he engaged for a period of service in the last-mentioned force;

(ii) if he has been so promoted, in the rank to which he has been promoted.

(2) Where, in the case of a person to whom the foregoing subsection applies, the period of service in the Royal Ulster Constabulary for which he engages is, with the consent of the appropriate authority and the Secretary of State, extended or curtailed, paragraph (a) of that subsection shall have effect in relation to him as if, for the references to that period, there were substituted references, as the case requires, to the extended period or the curtailed period.

(3) A person to whom subsection (1) above applies who is dismissed or required to resign as mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection shall, for the purposes of the Police (Discipline) Regulations, be deemed to have committed, as a member of his home force, an offence against discipline, and may be dealt with under those Regulations accordingly; and for the purposes of this subsection a certificate that such a person has been so dismissed or required to resign, being a certificate given by or on behalf of the Inspector General of the Royal Ulster Constabulary or such other person, or such authority, as may be designated for the purposes of this subsection by order of the Secretary of State, shall be evidence (and, in Scotland, sufficient evidence) of that fact.

(4) Paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to the M1 Police Act 1964 (which, in a case where, at a time when a member of a police in England or Wales is on central service or is serving overseas, that force is amalgamated with another, converts his right of reversion to his force into a right of reversion to the amalgamated force) shall have effect as if, after sub-paragraph (b) thereof, there were inserted the following words—

“or

(c) section 2 of the Police Act 1969”,

and section 24(1) of the M2 Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (which makes similiar provision in the case of a member of a police force in Scotland) shall have effect as if, after paragraph (b) thereof, there were inserted the same words.

(5) In this section—

(a) “appropriate authority”, in relation to a member of a home police force, other than an assistant chief constable or a deputy chief constable, means the chief officer of that force acting with the consent of the police authority therefor and, in the case of an assistant chief constable or deputy chief constable of such a force, means that authority;

(b) “Police (Discipline) Regulations” means, in relation to a police force within the meaning of the M3 Police Act 1964, the regulations relating to discipline for the time being in force under section 33 of that Act and, in relation to a police force within the meaning of the M4 Police (Scotland) Act 1967, the regulations relating to discipline for the time being in force under section 26 of that Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 2 modified by Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 77, SIF 95), s. 24(1)

C2 The text of s. 2(4) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Marginal Citations

M1 1964 c. 48.

M2 1967 c. 77.

M3 1964 c. 48.

M4 1967 c. 77.