Section 205 Law enforcement employers may not employ etc barred personsI1I2

Before employing or appointing any person, a law enforcement employer must check each barred list to ascertain whether the proposed employee or proposed appointee is a barred person.

A law enforcement employer may not employ a barred person or otherwise appoint a barred person to any position.

For the purposes of this section a person who is to be seconded to work for a law enforcement employer, and who will not be employed by that person, is to be regarded as being appointed by that person.

Before designating a person as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002, a chief officer of police, and the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force, must check each barred list to ascertain whether the person is a barred person.

A chief officer of police, and the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police Force, may not designate a barred person as a community support volunteer or a policing support volunteer under section 38 of the Police Reform Act 2002.

A law enforcement employer may not enter into a contract for the provision of services if the terms of the contract would permit a barred person to be involved in the exercise of law enforcement functions.

A local policing body may not enter into a contract for the provision of services to a chief officer of police if the terms of the contract would permit a barred person to be involved in the exercise of law enforcement functions.

In this section “barred list” means—

In this section “barred person” means a person who is included in a barred list.