PART I.

PRELIMINARY.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Police Forces Amalgamation Act, 1925.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as the Minister shall by order appoint.

2. —(1) In this Act—

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;

the expression “the amalgamated force” means the force formed by the amalgamation by this Act of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and the Gárda Síochána.

(2) For the purpose of this Act every rank mentioned in the third column of the First Schedule to this Act shall be deemed to be the rank in the amalgamated force corresponding to the rank in the Dublin Metropolitan Police and the Gárda Síochána (including the Civic Guard) respectively mentioned opposite thereto in the first and second columns of the said Schedule, and all references in this Act to corresponding ranks in the said several forces or any of them shall be construed accordingly.

3. —The area heretofore known as the Police District of Dublin Metropolis shall henceforth be known as the Dublin Metropolitan Area and may for all purposes be referred to by that name, and the expression “the Dublin Metropolitan Area” where the same occurs in this Act shall be construed accordingly.

4. —The several Acts specified in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of that Schedule.