Constabulary and Police (Ireland) Act, 1883

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Part I.

Royal Irish Constabulary.

Revised salaries for men of the Royal Irish Constabulary.

2.       .      .      .      The pay of constables of the Royal Irish Constabulary shall be according to the rates specified in that behalf in the First Schedule to this Act.      .      .      .      

There shall be deducted from the pay provided for each constable by this Act the sum of one shilling by the week for every week during which lodging accommodation in any barrack or elsewhere, or an allowance in lieu thereof, is supplied for him out of moneys provided by Parliament or out of local rates: Provided that such deduction shall not be made during the lifetime of the wife, or of any of the children under the age of sixteen years, of a constable whose marriage is registered in the Constabulary Department in accordance with the regulations of the force, in case lodging accommodation is not supplied for such wife or child in a barrack or elsewhere from moneys provided by Parliament or out of local rates.

Provided also that such deduction shall not be made from the pay of the head constable major, nor of any constable whose length of service is less than six months.