Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925

Appointment of Deputy and Assistant Commissioners and Surgeon of the amalgamated force.

7.—(1) The persons who at the commencement of this Act hold the offices of Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and Deputy Commissioner of the Gárda Síochána respectively, shall upon the commencement of this Act become and be Deputy Commissioners of the amalgamated force, and the persons who at the commencement of this Act hold the offices of Assistant-Commissioner of the Gárda Síochána and Surgeon of the Gárda Síochána shall upon the commencement of this Act respectively become and be Assistant-Commissioners and Surgeon of the amalgamated force.

(2) Subject to the provisions of the foregoing sub-section, the Executive Council may from time to time as and when they consider it expedient so to do, appoint fit persons (not exceeding at any one time the numbers authorised by this Act) to be respectively Deputy-Commissioners, Assistant-Commissioners, and Surgeon of the amalgamated force, and every person holding any of those offices, whether by virtue of an appointment under this sub-section or by virtue of the foregoing sub-section, may at any time be removed from such office by the Executive Council.