Regulation 4 Amendment of regulation 3 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations (disqualification for appointment), for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

he has, within the preceding five years—

(i)

been convicted in the United Kingdom of any offence or been convicted elsewhere of any offence which, if committed in any part of the United Kingdom would constitute a criminal offence; and

(ii)

been sentenced to a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not); and

(iii)

neither the conviction has been quashed nor the sentence reduced to a sentence other than a sentence of imprisonment (whether suspended or not) on appeal.”.