The Police Authorities (Selection Panel) (Amendment) Regulations 2002

Made7th May 2002

Laid before Parliament15th May 2002

Coming into force10th June 2002

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 11 of Schedule 3 to the Police Act 19961 hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and extent1

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Police Authorities (Selection Panel) (Amendment) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 10th June 2002.

2

These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.

Interpretation2

In these Regulations “the 1994 Regulations” means the Police Authorities (Selection Panel) Regulations 19942.

Amendments to the 1994 Regulations

3

In regulation 4(2)(d)(i) of the 1994 Regulations the words “and (except in the case of the Metropolitan Police Authority) under 70” shall be omitted.

4

In regulation 6(5) of the 1994 Regulations the following sub-paragraph shall be inserted in the appropriate place:

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the member of the panel who is not present has died; or

John DenhamMinister of StateHome Office7th May 2002

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police Authorities (Selection Panel) Regulations 1994.

Section 106 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) repealed the restriction that a person could not be appointed as a member of a police authority if they had attained the age of 70 years. Regulation 3 removes the requirement for advertisements for persons willing to be appointed as members of a police authority to specify that the maximum age for appointment is 70 years.

Regulation 4 extends the circumstances in which a selection panel can act by a majority of its members.