Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024
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Secondment from An Garda Síochána to Police Service of Northern Ireland | ||
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95. (1) The Garda Commissioner may, on application by a member of An Garda Síochána, arrange with the Chief Constable for the member’s secondment to the Police Service of Northern Ireland for a period not exceeding 3 years. | ||
(2) The Garda Commissioner may terminate a secondment under subsection (1). | ||
(3) During a period of secondment under subsection (1)— | ||
(a) the member shall continue to be paid as a member of An Garda Síochána, but shall not be subject to the direction or control of the Garda Commissioner or be entitled to exercise in the State any of such a member’s powers, | ||
(b) the member’s service shall be regarded as service with An Garda Síochána for pension, promotion and seniority purposes, and | ||
(c) the member is entitled to claim compensation under the Garda Síochána (Compensation) Act 2022 for injuries inflicted as a result of a malicious incident within the meaning of that Act in the course of, or in relation to, the carrying out of his or her duties with the Police Service of Northern Ireland as if he or she had not been seconded and the injuries had been received in the course of, or in relation to, the carrying out of his or her duties as a member of An Garda Síochána. | ||
(4) Where a member of An Garda Síochána was seconded to the Police Service of Northern Ireland pursuant to section 54 of the Act of 2005 prior to the repeal of that section by section 5 and the person remains so seconded on the date of coming into operation of this section, he or she shall be deemed to have been seconded to the Police Service of Northern Ireland under this section for the unexpired portion of the period left to run of the secondment under the said section 54. |