S.I. No. 234/1959:

GARDA SÍOCHÁNA (APPOINTMENTS) REGULATIONS, 1945 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1959.

GARDA SÍOCHÁNA (APPOINTMENTS) REGULATIONS, 1945 (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1959.

I, OSCAR TRAYNOR, Minister for Justice, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 14 of the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925 (No. 7 of 1925), hereby, with the approval of the Government, make the following regulations :--

1.--(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1945 (Amendment) Regulations, 1959.

(2) The Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1945 to 1958, and these Regulations may be cited together as the Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1945 to 1959.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to these Regulations.

3. Paragraph (1) of Article 4 of the Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1945 (Amendment) Regulations, 1951 ( S.I. No. 334 of 1951 ), shall have effect as if paragraph (a) of Article 7 of the Garda Síochána (Appointments) Regulations, 1945 (Amendment) Regulations, 1954 ( S.I. No. 28 of 1954 ), were deleted.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 31st day of December, 1959.

OSCAR TRAYNOR,

Minister for Justice.

The Government hereby approve of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Government this 31st day of December, 1959.

SEÁN F. LEMASS,

Taoiseach.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The purpose of these regulations is to extend to serving members of the permanent Defence Force who are candidates for the Garda Síochána the age concessions which heretofore applied to discharged members or members on pre-discharge leave.