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Amendment of section 55 of Principal Act
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41. (1) Section 55 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “the Garda Commissioner, the Authority or the Government, as may be appropriate” for “the Garda Commissioner or the Government, as appropriate”, and
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(b) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “the Garda Commissioner, the Authority or the Government” for “the Garda Commissioner or the Government”.
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(2) If any steps have been taken before the commencement of this section to discipline a member of the Garda Síochána under section 55 of the Principal Act, that section shall apply to any disciplinary action in relation to the member as if the amendments of it in subsection (1) had not been made.
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(3) After the commencement of this section, section 55 of the Principal Act (as amended by subsection (1)) shall, other than in the case of members of the Garda Siochána to whom subsection (2) applies, apply to disciplinary action in relation to a member of the Garda Síochána even if the act done or omission made concerned, the doing or omission of which by a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland would constitute a breach of discipline (within the meaning of that section), occurred before that commencement.
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