Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2004

Functions of vetting panel

3.—(1) In regulation 11(1) of those regulations (restrictions on contracting out) after sub-paragraph (b) there shall be inserted –

“(bb) assessments as to whether candidates are ineligible for appointment as police trainees or police reserve trainees by virtue of any of the provisions mentioned in regulation 2(2)(e);”.

(2) In regulation 12 of those regulations (vetting panel) –

(a) in paragraph (1) (function of panel) for the words from “function” to the end there shall be substituted

• “functions shall be to decide, in any case which is referred to it, on his behalf and subject to his direction and control –

  (a)

  on the suitability of any candidate for appointment as a police trainee or police reserve trainee;

  (b)

  whether a candidate is ineligible for appointment as a police trainee or police reserve trainee by virtue of any of the provisions mentioned in regulation 2(2)(e).”;

(b) in paragraph (1A) (decision that candidate is unsuitable must be taken by panel) after “unsuitable” there shall be inserted “or, by virtue of any of the provisions mentioned in regulation 2(2)(e), ineligible,”; and

(c) in paragraph (5) (right to seek review of decision that candidate not suitable) after “suitable” there shall be inserted “or eligible”.

(3) In regulation 13 of those regulations (independent assessor) –

(a) in paragraph (6) (panel to reconsider decision about suitability of candidate) after “suitability” there shall be inserted “or eligibility”; and

(b) in paragraph (8) (information for candidate following review) for “whether he is suitable for appointment following the review of the Independent Assessor” there shall be substituted –

“(a) following the review by the Independent Assessor of a decision about his suitability, whether he is suitable for appointment, or

(b) following the review by the Independent Assessor of a decision about his eligibility, whether he is ineligible for appointment by virtue of a provision mentioned in regulation 2(2)(e),”.