Police Reserve Trainee Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004

Prohibited business interests

4.—(1) Where a police reserve trainee or a relative included in his family has a prohibited business interest within the meaning of regulation 2A of the Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001(1) the Chief Constable may give notice in writing to the police reserve trainee that the prohibited business interest is incompatible with him remaining a police reserve trainee.

(2) The Chief Constable shall not give notice under paragraph (1) before any such procedure as may be specified in standing orders under regulation 10 for the informal resolution of the case has been concluded.

(3) Within 10 days of receiving a notice given under paragraph (1), or within such longer period as the Board may in all the circumstances allow, the police reserve trainee concerned may appeal to the Board against the decision of the Chief Constable as set out in the notice by sending written notice of his appeal to the Board.

(4) On receipt of a notice given under paragraph (3) the Board shall require the Chief Constable to submit to it, within the next following 10 days –

(a) a notice setting out the reasons for his decision, and

(b) copies of any documents on which he relies in support of that decision,

and the Board shall send to the police reserve trainee concerned copies of such notice and documents and shall afford him a reasonable opportunity, being in no case less than 14 days, to comment thereon.

(5) Where a police reserve trainee has appealed to the Board under paragraph (3) the Board shall give him notice of its determination of the appeal within 28 days of –

(a) receiving his comments on the notice and any other documents submitted by the Chief Constable under paragraph (4), or

(b) the expiration of the period afforded for making comments if none have by then been received.

(6) Where a police reserve trainee has been given notice under paragraph (1) and either –

(a) the police reserve trainee has not appealed against the decision set out in the notice under paragraph (3), or

(b) on such appeal, the Board has upheld the decision of the Chief Constable,

the Chief Constable may terminate the period of service of that police reserve trainee by giving him one week’s notice in writing.

(7) Any reference in this regulation to a relative included in a police reserve trainee’s family shall include a reference to his spouse, parent, son, daughter, brother or sister.

(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