S.I. No. 279/1952 - Garda Síochána Allowances Order, 1952.

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 12 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925), that the Minister for Justice may, with the sanction of the Minister for Finance, from time to time by order regulate and appoint the rates of pay and allowances (including conditions applicable thereto) to be paid to the several ranks of the officers and men of the Garda Síochána :

AND WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (2) of the said section 12 that before making an order under that section the Minister for Justice shall cause the draft of the order to be submitted to the several representative bodies representing the several ranks of the Garda Síochána who would be affected by the Order when made and shall consider any representations made to him in respect of the draft order by any such representative body :

AND WHEREAS before making this Order, the Minister for Justice duly caused the draft thereof to be submitted to the several representative bodies representing the several ranks of the Garda Síochána who would be affected by this Order when made and has considered the representations made to him in respect of the said draft order by such representative bodies :

NOW, I, GERALD BOLAND, 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), and of every and any other power me in this behalf enabling, and with the sanction of the Minister for Finance testified by his official seal affixed hereto, hereby order as follows :—

1. (1) This Order may be cited as the Garda Síochána Allowances Order, 1952.

(2) The Garda Síochána Allowances Orders, 1947 to 1951, and this Order may be cited together as the Garda Síochána Allowances Orders, 1947 to 1952.

2. This Order shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 15th day of January, 1951.

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

4. The Garda Síochána Allowances (Consolidation) Order, 1947 (S. R. & O., No. 167 of 1947), is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution for Article 14 of the following Article :—

" 14. An allowance at the rate of 32/3d. per month shall be paid to members of the Force wholly employed as drivers or mechanics in the Motor Transport Section. This allowance shall be paid to drivers for the Detective Units stationed throughout the country ", and

(b) by the substitution in paragraph (1) of Article 16 of " £161. 5.-d. " for " £150."

GIVEN under my Official Seal this 22nd day of July, 1952.

(Signed) GERALD BOLAND,

The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Order.

(Signed) SEÁN MacENTEE.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 26th day of August, 1952.