Regulation 4 Functions of selection panel
A selection panel shall interview any person who has applied to the Secretary of State for appointment to a local probation board and who either—
in the case of a candidate to whom regulation 2(4) applies (applications for post of chief officer), has been selected as a suitable candidate at an assessment centre in accordance with that regulation; or
in the case of any other candidate, has been referred to the panel by the Secretary of State or a person providing services to him.
All candidates selected for interview in accordance with paragraph (1) above shall be notified in writing by a person acting on behalf of the selection panel of the date, time and place of the interview.
The notification shall be sent to the candidate at least 5 days before the date set for the interview.
A person who has been notified in accordance with the provisions of this regulation but who fails to attend for interview at the date, time and place notified to him must be given the opportunity to explain his absence and be given an alternative date for the interview where it appears to the selection panel appropriate to do so.
When the selection panel has completed interviews of the candidates, other than for the post of chief officer, it shall draw up a short list of the candidates, if any, considered suitable for appointment.
The short list shall be submitted to the Secretary of State.
Where a selection panel has completed interviews of candidates for the post of chief officer, it shall determine which, if any, of the candidates interviewed it considers suitable for the post, and if more than one candidate is selected, it shall prepare a list naming the suitable candidates in order of merit.
A selection panel shall inform the Secretary of State of its decision under paragraph (7) above and supply him with a copy of any list prepared in accordance with that paragraph.