Policing, Security and Community Safety Act 2024

Appointment of persons to, suspension of persons from, ranks below rank of chief superintendent

50. (1) The Garda Commissioner may appoint, in accordance with such matters as may be contained in regulations in relation to such appointments, persons to any rank below the rank of chief superintendent.

(2) A person who, on the coming into operation of this section, holds a rank below the rank of chief superintendent, shall be deemed to have been appointed under this section and shall continue in office in accordance with—

(a) this Act,

(b) the regulations, and

(c) to the extent to which the terms and conditions of his or her appointment are not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, those terms and conditions.

(3) The Garda Commissioner may, in accordance with such procedures and in such circumstances as may be specified in regulations in relation to such suspension, suspend from duty a person who is a member of any rank below the rank of chief superintendent.