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Police Trainee (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

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Conditions for appointment as constable

2.  For regulation 3 of the 2001 regulations there shall be substituted –

“Conditions for appointment as constable

3.—(1) A person shall not be appointed to the rank of constable in the Police Service of Northern Ireland unless –

(a)he fulfils the first set of conditions, or

(b)he is designated by the Chief Constable as an experienced police trainee, and fulfils the second set of conditions.

(2) The Chief Constable may designate as an experienced police trainee any person who has –

(a)completed any such training in policing matters as may be recognised by the Chief Constable, or

(b)obtained any such qualification in policing matters as may be so recognised.

(3) The first set of conditions is that the person –

(a)has completed a period of service as a police trainee of 145 days or such longer period as may be specified by the Chief Constable,

(b)has obtained such qualification in police studies as may be specified by the Chief Constable, and

(c)has completed, to such standard as the Chief Constable considers satisfactory, such other training for service as a police officer as may be specified by the Chief Constable.

(4) The second set of conditions is that the person –

(a)has completed such period of service as a police trainee as may be specified by the Chief Constable, and

(b)has completed, to such standard as the Chief Constable considers satisfactory, such training for service as a police officer as may be specified by the Chief Constable.

(5) In deciding whether to recognise training for the purposes of paragraph (2), the Chief Constable shall have regard, among the matters which are relevant, to –

(a)the nature, standard and duration of the training,

(b)the relevance of the training to service as a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and

(c)such matters as may be specified by the Board.

(6) In deciding whether to recognise a qualification for the purposes of paragraph (2), the Chief Constable shall have regard, among the matters which are relevant, to –

(a)the nature and level of the qualification,

(b)the relevance of the qualification to service as a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, and

(c)such matters as may be specified by the Board.”

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