
2004 No. 1
POLICE
Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2004
Made 6th January 2004
To be laid before Parliament 
Coming into operation 8th February 2004
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 25 and 26 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 and section 44 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, and after consulting the Northern Ireland Policing Board, the Chief Constable, the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland and the Police Association for Northern Ireland, hereby makes the following Regulations:
Citation and commencement
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(1) These regulations may be cited as the Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2004.
(2) These regulations shall come into operation on 8th February 2004.
Appointment as police reserve trainee: prohibited business interests
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Functions of vetting panel
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(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(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),”.
Paul Murphy
One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State
Northern Ireland Office
6th January 2004