Police Reserve Trainee Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

[F1 Suitability for appointment as police reserve trainee N.I.

1D.— (1) Subject to paragraphs (2) to (5), the Chief Constable may determine the matters which may be taken into account in deciding the suitability of an applicant for appointment as a police reserve trainee in accordance with arrangements prescribed under section 44(3)(d) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000.

(2) A person is unsuitable for appointment as a police reserve trainee if he has been convicted in Northern Ireland or elsewhere of any offence, and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment or detention (whether suspended or not).

(3) The fact that a person—

(a) has been convicted of any offence,

(b) has breached a court order, or

(c) has received a caution as defined by section 126 of the Police Act 1997(1),

may be taken into account, in accordance with any determination made by the Chief Constable under paragraph (1), in deciding his suitability for appointment as a police reserve trainee.

(4) An applicant for appointment as a police reserve trainee is unsuitable for appointment unless he gives—

(a) such satisfactory references as to his character, and

(b) such other information as to his suitability for appointment,

as may be required by the Chief Constable or, in accordance with arrangements prescribed under section 44(3)(b) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, by the police recruitment agent.

(5) An applicant for appointment as a police reserve trainee is unsuitable for appointment if—

(a) he—

(i) holds any office or employment for hire or gain, or

(ii) carries on any business, or

(iii) holds, or possesses a pecuniary interest in, a relevant licence or permit,

which, if held, possessed or carried on after his appointment as a reserve constable, could reasonably be regarded as affecting his ability to discharge his duties as a reserve constable in accordance with the code of ethics; or

(b) a relative holds, or possesses a pecuniary interest in, a relevant licence or permit, and the holding of that licence or permit or the possession of that pecuniary interest after his appointment as a reserve constable could reasonably be regarded as affecting his ability to discharge his duties as a reserve constable in accordance with the code of ethics.

(6) In paragraph (5) “relative”, in relation to an applicant, has the same meaning as it has under regulation 4 in relation to a police reserve trainee.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Regs. 1A-1D inserted (31.12.2009) by Police Reserve Trainee (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009 (S.R. 2009/391), regs. 1(2), 2

(1)

S.R. 2001 No. 140. Regulation 2A was inserted by the Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2004 (S.R. 2004 No. 1). Other amendments have been made by S.R. 2002 No. 385 and S.R. 2003 No. 372