Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996

Requirement to advertise vacancies in certain ranks

11.—(1) Subject to paragraph (4), where a vacancy exists in one of the ranks specified in regulation 10(1), a notice of the vacancy which complies with paragraph (2) shall be published by the Police Authority.

(2) The notice referred to in paragraph (1) shall—

(a) invite applications to fill the vacancy;

(b) be published in—

(i) not less than one newspaper, or

(ii) not less than one journal which deals with police matters; and

(c) specify the date, which shall not be less than three weeks after the date of publication of the notice, by which applications must be made.

(3) Subject to paragraph (4), no appointment shall be made to fill a vacancy in one of the ranks specified in regulation 10(1) until after the date specified in accordance with paragraph (2)(c) in a notice in respect of that vacancy.

(4) Paragraphs (1) and (3) shall not apply where—

(a) the term of appointment of the person who currently holds the rank in which the vacancy would otherwise occur is extended under regulation 10(7) or (8), or

(b) that person is appointed for a further term and the conditions set out in paragraph (5) below are satisfied.

(5) The conditions referred to in paragraph (4) are that—

(a) the person who currently holds the rank in which the vacancy would otherwise occur does so by virtue of an appointment under regulation 10;

(b) the relevant appointment of that person was for a term which was less than the maximum term authorised in respect of that person by paragraph (5) or, as the case may be, (6) of regulation 10; and

(c) the term for which it is proposed to appoint that person (and for which that person is subsequently appointed) is such that, when taken together with—

(i) the term for which he was appointed by the relevant appointment, and

(ii) the term for which he was appointed by any subsequent appointment,

the terms in total do not exceed the maximum term of appointment to which he could have been appointed at the time of the relevant appointment under paragraph (5) or, as the case may be, (6) of regulation 10.

(6) In paragraph (5) “relevant appointment” means—

(a) an appointment made under regulation 10 after the procedures required by paragraphs (1) and (3) of this regulation have been complied with; or

(b) a variation in the conditions of service in accordance with regulation 10(2).