Propose a change

Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998

Write the words of this act the way you think they should read. Solon shows your change as a redline against the published text and pins it to that exact text, so it can never be applied to wording you did not see.

Change 1

What to do with it
As published

45 Research and advice.

(1) The Department of Justice may set up such bodies and take such other steps as appear to the Department of Justice to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of undertaking research into matters affecting the efficiency and effectiveness of — (a) the Police Service of Northern Ireland; (b) the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve; (c) the police support staff; and (d) traffic wardens. (2) The Department of Justice may set up such bodies as appear to the Department of Justice to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of advising the Department of Justice on matters affecting the efficiency and effectiveness of — (a) the Police Service of Northern Ireland; (b) the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve; (c) the police support staff; and (d) traffic wardens.

Your change, as a redline

45 Research and advice.

(1) The Department of Justice may set up such bodies and take such other steps as appear to the Department of Justice to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of undertaking research into matters affecting the efficiency and effectiveness of — (a) the Police Service of Northern Ireland; (b) the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve; (c) the police support staff; and (d) traffic wardens. (2) The Department of Justice may set up such bodies as appear to the Department of Justice to be necessary or expedient for the purpose of advising the Department of Justice on matters affecting the efficiency and effectiveness of — (a) the Police Service of Northern Ireland; (b) the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve; (c) the police support staff; and (d) traffic wardens.

One line that says what changes, such as "Halve the dog tax".

Who it helps, what it costs, what it fixes. It is what persuades people to support it.

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