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Police (Appointments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

S.R. 2003/372 · Made 7 August 2003 · Extends to Northern Ireland

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POLICE

Made 7th August 2003

To be laid before Parliament

Coming into operation 5th September 2003

The Secretary of State, in pursuance of sections 25 and 26 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998f1 and section 44 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000f2, 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:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1998 c. 32

f2

2000 c. 32

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and interpretation
  2. 2Appointment as police trainee or police reserve trainee
  3. 3Other appointments to the PSNI Repealed
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation, commencement and interpretationI1

(1)

These regulations may be cited as the Police (Appointments) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003.

(2)

These regulations shall come into operation on 5th September 2003.

2Appointment as police trainee or police reserve traineeI1

In regulation 2(2) of the Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001f1 (qualified candidate for appointment as a police trainee or police reserve trainee) –

(a)

for sub-paragraph (a) (candidate must be British subject, Commonwealth citizen or citizen of the Republic of Ireland) there shall be substituted –

“(a)

who, if not a national of a State which is a Contracting Partyf2 to the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992f3 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993f4, must have leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom for an indefinite period;” and

(b)

in sub-paragraph (f) (candidate must demonstrate skills and competencies by tests or assessments) in each of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) after “skills and competencies” there shall be inserted “(including competency in written and spoken English)”.

3Other appointments to the PSNIF1

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Signature

Paul Murphy

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State

Northern Ireland Office

7th August 2003

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations.)

Section 82 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) removes the restrictions on the nationality of persons who can be appointed as police officers.

These regulations implement section 82 of that Act by removing a restriction as to the nationality of persons appointed as police trainees and police reserve trainees.

These regulations make provision with respect to the immigration status of candidates for appointment as police trainees or police reserve trainees and candidates for appointment to any rank in the Police Service of Northern Ireland.

These regulations impose a requirement as to the competency in written and spoken English of candidates for appointment as police trainees and police reserve trainees.