Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000

77 Interpretation. N.I.

(1) In this Act—

• “the 1998 Act” means the M1 Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998;

• “the Board” means the Northern Ireland Policing Board;

• “building” includes any structure;

• “the Chief Constable” means the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

• “civil service” means the civil service of Northern Ireland or the civil service of the United Kingdom;

• “equipment” includes vehicles, apparatus, furniture, fittings, accoutrements and clothing;

• “financial year” means the period of 12 months ending with 31st March;

• “functions” includes powers and duties;

• [F1 “the Minister of Justice” means the Minister in charge of the Department of Justice;]

• “the Ombudsman” means the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland;

• [F2 “pension purposes” means the purposes of the pension scheme established by regulations under section 25 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998;]

• “the police” means—

  (a)

  the Police Service of Northern Ireland; and

  (b)

  the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve;

• “Police Association” means the Police Association for Northern Ireland;

• “the Police Acts” means this Act and the 1998 Act;

• “police officer” means a person who is—

  (a)

  a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland; or

  (b)

  a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve;

• “police purposes” means the purposes of the police, the police support staff, police trainees, police reserve trainees, police cadets and traffic wardens;

• “Police Service of Northern Ireland” means the body of constables mentioned in section 1(1);

• “Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve” means the body of constables mentioned in section 1(3);

• “police reserve trainee” has the meaning given by section 37(3);

• “police trainee” has the meaning given by section 36(3);

• “police support staff” has the meaning given by section 4(6);

• “the policing plan” has the meaning given by section 26(1);

• “provide” and “maintain” have the same meaning as, by virtue of section 147 of the M2 Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, they have for the purposes of that Act;

• “senior officer”, in relation to the Police Service of Northern Ireland, means an officer above the rank of superintendent;

• [F3 “special purposes committee” means a committee constituted by the Board under paragraph 24(1) or (1A) of Schedule 1 for the purposes mentioned in paragraph 24(1B) of that Schedule;]

• “statutory authority” means—

  (a)

  a body constituted under a statutory provision; or

  (b)

  a person holding office under a statutory provision;

• “statutory provision” has the meaning given by section 1(f) of the M3 Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954.

(2) Subsections (2) to (4) of section 39 of the Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 apply for the purpose of calculating a period of time laid down by or under this Act.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 77(1) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 85 (with arts. 28-31)

F2 Words in s. 77(1) inserted (with effect in accordance with s. 6(12) of the amending Act) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), s. 6(11)

F3 Words in s. 77(1) inserted (8.4.2003) by Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6), s. 28(4)

Marginal Citations

M1 1998 c. 32.

M2 1972 c. 9 (N.I.).

M3 1954 c. 33 (N.I.).