Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Ranks, numbers in each rank, terms and conditions | ||
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45. (1) Subject to regulations (if any) made under subsection (2), the members of An Garda Síochána shall be divided into the following ranks: | ||
(a) Garda Commissioner; | ||
(b) Deputy Garda Commissioner; | ||
(c) Assistant Garda Commissioner; | ||
(d) chief superintendent; | ||
(e) superintendent; | ||
(f) inspector; | ||
(g) sergeant; | ||
(h) garda; | ||
(i) reserve garda. | ||
(2) The Minister may, subject to section 252 (2), make regulations— | ||
(a) to add a rank, below that of Assistant Garda Commissioner, to the ranks specified in subsection (1), or | ||
(b) to remove any rank, below that of Assistant Garda Commissioner, specified in subsection (1) or added under paragraph (a). | ||
(3) There shall be one, or such greater number of, persons, of each of the ranks (other than the rank of Garda Commissioner) specified in subsection (1) or added under subsection (2)(a) as may be determined— | ||
(a) in the case of the rank of Deputy Garda Commissioner, by the Government with due regard to the views of the Garda Commissioner, and | ||
(b) in any other case, by the Garda Commissioner with the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform. | ||
(4) The Garda Commissioner shall, with the approval of the Minister given with the consent of the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform, determine the terms and conditions (including terms and conditions relating to remuneration and allowances) of members of An Garda Síochána, other than the Garda Commissioner or a Deputy Garda Commissioner, appointed under this Act. | ||
(5) The Garda Commissioner shall, for the purposes of subsection (3)(b) and section 54 (4)(b), keep under review the personnel needs of An Garda Síochána. |