Police Service of Northern Ireland (Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Made3rd September 2003

To be laid before Parliament14th October 2003

Coming into operation4th November 2003

The Secretary of State, in accordance with the requirements of section 25 and 26 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 19981 hereby makes the following amendment to the regulations:

PART IGENERAL

Citation and commencement

1.

These regulations may be cited as the Police Service of Northern Ireland (Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into operation on 4th November 2003.

2.

The Royal Ulster Constabulary (Appeals) Regulations 20002 shall be amended as follows:

In regulation 8(1)(a) of the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Appeals) Regulations 2000, delete the words “one” to the end and substitute the following wording: “one shall be a person chosen from a list of persons who are either (a) members of the Bar of Northern Ireland of at least seven years' standing; or (b) solicitors of the Supreme Court of at least seven years' standing and have been nominated by the Lord Chief Justice for the purposes of this regulation”.

PART IISUPPLEMENTAL

3.

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Conduct) Regulations 20033 shall be amended as follows:

In the Schedule to the Regulations under Article 9, Fitness for Duty, paragraph 9.2, between the words “officers” and “shall” insert the words “on duty”.

Paul Murphy

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

3rd September 2003

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

These regulations set out the amendments to the Royal Ulster Constabulary (Appeals) Regulations 2000.

In addition provision is made to carry out an amendment to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (Conduct) Regulations 2003.

References to the Royal Ulster Constabulary should also be taken to mean the Police Service of Northern Ireland.