S.I. No. 88/1966 - Garda Síochána Pay Order, 1966.

I, BRIAN LENIHAN, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 12 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925), with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Garda Síochána Pay Order, 1966.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937) applies to this Order.

3. This Order shall—

(a) as respects the rate for the Commissioner set out in the First Schedule hereto, be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1964,

(b) as respects the rates and scale for the Deputy Commissioner, the Assistant Commissioner and Surgeon set out in the First Schedule hereto, be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1963, and

(c) as respects the rates and scale set out in the Second Schedule hereto, be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of February, 1964.

4. The Garda Siáochána Pay (No. 2) Order, 1958 ( S.I. No. 156 of 1958 ), shall have effect as if the rates and scales contained in the Schedules to this Order were substituted for the relevant rates and scales (inserted by the Garda Síochána Pay Order, 1964 ( S.I. No. 54 of 1964 )) contained in Article 4.

FIRST SCHEDULE

	Per annum
The Commissioner	£3,595
Deputy Commissioner	£2,790
Assistant Commissioner	£2,480
Surgeon :
On appointment	£2,295
After one year from appointment	£2,385
"two years " "	£2,480
"three " " "	£2,575

SECOND SCHEDULE

	Per annum
The Commissioner	£4,025
Deputy Commissioner	£3,125
Assistant Commissioner	£2,780
Surgeon :
On appointment	£2,570
After one year from appointment	£2,670
"two years " "	£2,780
"three " " "	£2,885

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 28th day of April, 1966.

BRIAN LENIHAN,

Minister for Justice.

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Order.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 28th day of April, 1966.

JOHN LYNCH,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides for new salaries for the six senior Officers of the Garda Síochána.