3 Section 35 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Membership of trade unions) shall have effect in its application to members of the Garda Síochána appointed under section 36A(1) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (Fixed-term appointments to the Police Service of Northern Ireland) as if in section 35(4) after “membership of the Police Association” there were inserted “or of an association established under Irish legislation for the purpose of representing members of the Garda Síochána”.
Relevant legislation is section 13 of the Garda Siochana Act 1924 (1924, No. 25) (section 13 was substituted by section 1 of the Garda Síochána Act, 1977, No. 24); the Garda Síochána (Associations) Regulations 1978 (as amended) (No. 135/1978); and the Garda Síochána (Associations) (Superintendents and Chief Superintendents) Regulations 1987 (as amended) (No. 200/1987). The Garda Síochána Acts 1924 and 1977 are Acts of the Oireachtas, the Parliament of Ireland, and the Regulations referred to above are Irish statutory instruments