S.I. No. 6/1962 - Garda Síochána (Representative Bodies) Regulations, 1927 (Amendment) Regulations, 1962.

2. The

Interpretation Act, 1937

(No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. Notwithstanding paragraph 15 of the Garda Siochana (Representative Bodies) Regulations, 1927—

(

a

) the Representative Bodies that are provided for by paragraph 1 of those Regulations and that held office on the 31st day of December, 1961, shall continue to hold office until the 31st day of March, 1962, and

(

b

) the elections in the year 1962, under paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of those Regulations, shall be held in the month of April of that year.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 23rd day of January, 1962.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Justice.

The Government hereby approve of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government, this 23rd day of January, 1962.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations provide that the present Garda Representative Bodies shall continue to hold office up to the 31st March, 1962 (instead of 31st December, 1961), and that the elections for the new Bodies shall be held in April, 1962 (instead of January, 1962).

I, CHARLES J. HAUGHEY, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the power conferred on me by

section 14

of the

Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925

(No. 7 of 1925), and with the approval of the Government, hereby make the following Regulations

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Garda Siochana (Representative Bodies) Regulations, 1927 (Amendment) Regulations, 1962.

(2) These Regulations shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 31st day of December, 1961.