InterpretationN.I.
2.—(1) The Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) [1954 c. 33 (N.I.)] 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) In this Order—
F1“the appropriate authority” means—
(a)in relation to a senior officer, the Police Authority;
(b)in relation to any other member of the police force, the Chief Constable;
“the Commission” means the Independent Commission for Police Complaints for Northern Ireland established by Article 3;
F1“complaint” means any complaint about the conduct of a member of the police force which is submitted by, or on behalf of, a member of the public;
F1“complainant” means the person by or on behalf of whom a complaint is submitted;
“the principal Act” means the Police Act (Northern Ireland) [1970 c. 9 (N.I.)] 1970.
(3) Any word or expression given a meaning for the purposes of the principal Act has the same meaning in this Order as in that Act.
F1prosp. rep. 1995 NI 17