S.I. No. 168/1943 - Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1943.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1943. No. 168.

GARDA SIOCHANA (APPOINTMENTS) REGULATIONS, 1943.

WHEREAS by sub-section (1) of section 14 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925), it is enacted that the Minister for Justice may from time to time, subject to the approval of the Government, make regulations in relation to the appointment and enrolment of members of the Gárda Síochána :

NOW, the Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 14 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, hereby, with the approval of the Government, makes the following regulations, that is to say :—

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Gárda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1943.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. In these Regulations—

the expression " the Commissioner " means the Commissioner of the Gárda Síochána,

the expression " the Surgeon " means the Surgeon of the Gárda Síochána,

the expression " the Force " means the (Gárda Síochána,

the expression " the existing regulations " means the Gárda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1937 ( S. R. & O. No. 59 of 1937 ), and the Gárda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1942 ( S. R. & O. No. 107 of 1942 ),

the expression " approved candidate " means a candidate for appointment and enrolment in the Force whose name was presented during the year 1942 to the Civil Service Commissioners for the purpose of certification of qualifications as required by the existing regulations,

the expression " Board of Officers " means a board, appointed by the Commissioner, of members of the Gárda Síochána not below the rank of superintendent,

the expression " air-raid precautions service " means an air-raid precautions service established under a scheme approved of under section 13 or section 38 or the Air-raid Precautions Act, 1939 (No. 21 of 1939).

4. Where the Commissioner proposes to appoint and enrol under these Regulations any approved candidate as a member of the Force, he shall do the following things :

(a) cause the candidate to be examined by the Surgeon as to his physique and health and consider the report of the Surgeon on such examination,

(b) cause the candidate to be interviewed by a Board of Officers as to his general suitability for appointment and enrolment as a member of the Force and consider the report of the Board on such interview,

(c) obtain such evidence as he may consider necessary in regard to the candidate's character and in regard to any other relevant matters.

5. If the Commissioner is satisfied as regards any approved candidate in respect of whom he has complied with the requirements of Article 4 of these Regulations that such candidate—

(a) is unmarried and has attained the age of nineteen years but has not attained the age of twenty-four years, and

(b) is not less than 5 feet 9 inches in height and has a mean chest measurement of at least 37 inches in case he is 5 feet 11 inches or over in height or of at least 36 inches if he is less than 5 feet 11 inches in height, and

(c) is of good character, in good health, of sound constitution, and fitted physically and mentally to perform the duties of a member of the Force, and

(d) either—

(i) is a member of the Defence Forces, or

(ii) since the 31st day of December, 1941, has been continuously a member of the Local Defence Force, the Local Security Force, or an air-raid precautions service,

the Commissioner may, at any time within two months after the making of these Regulations, appoint and enrol the candidate as a member of the Force without his qualifications being certified by the Civil Service Commissioners in the manner required by the existing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Justice, this 15th day of April, 1943.

(Signed) GERALD BOLAND,

Minister for Justice.