GÃ¡rda SiochÃ¡na Pay Order, 1953.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: —(1) This Order may be cited as the GÃ¡rda SÃ­ochÃ¡na Pay Order, 1953.
(2) This Order shall be deemed to have come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1953.
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paragraphs: The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.
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paragraphs: In this Order—
the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Justice;
the expression " the Commissioner " means the Commissioner of the GÃ¡rda SÃ­ochÃ¡na;
the expression " the Force " means the GÃ¡rda SÃ­ochÃ¡na.
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paragraphs: Subject to the provisions of this Order the pay of members of the Force shall be in accordance with the following rates and scales :
The Commissioner
£2,238 per annum
Deputy Commissioners
£1,727"
Assistant Commissioners
£1,532"
Surgeon—On appointment
£1,251"
After one year from appointment
£1,292"
After two years from appointment
£1,333"
Chief Superintendents :
On appointment
£1,086 per annum
After one year from appointment
£1,138"
" two years " "
£1,189 "
" three years " "
£1,241"
" four years " "
£1,292"
" five years " "
£1,333"
Superintendents :
On appointment
£720 per annum
After one year from appointment
£757"
" two years " "
£793 "
" three years " "
£830"
" four years " "
£867 "
" five years " "
£903"
" six years " "
£940"
" seven years " "
£976"
" eight years " "
£1,013"
" nine years " "
£1,034 "
Inspectors :
On appointment
£590 per annum
After one year from appointment
£610 "
" two years " "
£631"
" three years " "
£662 "
" four years " "
£673 "
Station Sergeants :
On appointment
209/5d. per week
After one year from appointment
214/8d."
" two years from appointment
219/11d. "
Sergeants :
On appointment
18¾d. per week
After one year from appointment
187/6d."
" two years " "
191/8d."
" three years " "
195/10d."
" four years " "
200/-"
" five years " "
204/3d."
Guards :
On appointment and during period of training
110/1 per week
During remainder of period of probation after completion of period of training
131/-"
After one year from appointment or end of period of probation (whichever is the later)
134/2d. "
After two years from appointment
137/4d."
" three " " "
140/5d."
" four " " "
143/7d."
" five " " "
146/9d."
" six " " "
149/10d."
" seven " " "
153/- "
" eight " " "
156/1d."
" nine " " "
159/3d."
" ten " " "
162/5d."
" eleven " " "
165/6d."
" twelve " " "
168/8d."
" sixteen " " "
171/10d."
" twenty " " "
176/- "
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paragraphs: The scale for Guards in Article 4 of this Order shall be subject to the following conditions :—
(a) on first appointment a Guard shall be regarded as on probation. The normal period of probation shall be one year, but this period may be extended by the Commissioner to 18 months if at the end of the first year the Guard has not made sufficient progress for his appointment to be confirmed, but it is desired to give him a further opportunity of showing that he is likely to become an efficient policeman ;
(b) a Guard shall receive his first increment at the end of one year or at such later date as his appointment may be confirmed, and all subsequent increments shall, subject to paragraph (c) of these conditions, be granted on his completing 2 years, 3 years, and so on, reckoned from the date of his first appointment ;
(c) a Guard serving in the Detective Branch who has completed his period of probationary service, may, at the discretion of the Commissioner, be granted a special advance of two increments in the ordinary scale while he continues to serve in that Branch.
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paragraphs: Superintendents serving in the Dublin Metropolitan Division shall be entitled to the following scale of pay in lieu of that set out in Article 4 of this Order :—
On appointment
£793 per annum
After one year from appointment
£830 "
" two years "
£867 "
" three years "
£903 "
" four years "
£940 "
" five years "
£976 "
" six years "
£1,013 "
" seven years "
£1,034 "
If a Superintendent is transferred from the Dublin Metropolitan Division, the Minister may, if the transfer is not by way of disciplinary punishment, authorise him to retain as a personal scale the scale to which he was entitled prior to such transfer.
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paragraphs: The Deputy Commissioner who formerly served as Commissioner of the Dublin Metropolitan Police shall, while he continues to hold the office of Deputy Commissioner, be entitled to a personal salary of £1,855 per annum.
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paragraphs: Every member of the Force serving as such at the commencement of this Order shall enter the scale of pay appropriate to him in accordance with this Order with benefit of increments appropriate to his period of service in his existing or in a higher rank, and his incremental date shall remain unchanged.
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paragraphs: When a member of the Force has been reduced in rank, the period of his previous service in any higher rank may be reckoned for the purpose of increment of pay in the rank to which he has been reduced.
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paragraphs: When a member of the Force (having completed his period, if any, of probationary service) resigns and is subsequently allowed to rejoin the Force, the Minister may, on the recommendation of the Commissioner, allow the previous service of such member to be reckoned either in whole or in part as he may think fit for the purposes of pay after rejoining.
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paragraphs: When a member of the Force (having completed his period, if any, of probationary service) is dismissed and is subsequently reinstated in the Force, the Minister may, on the recommendationof the Commissioner, and subject to the sanction of the Minister for Finance, allow the previous service of such member to be reckoned either in whole or in part as he may think fit for the purposes of pay after reinstatement.
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paragraphs: —(1) In this Article—
the expression " the 1920 Order " means the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pay Order, 1920 ;
the expression " the 1922 Order " means the Dublin Metropolitan Police Pensions Order, 1922.