Regulation 5 Applications to be considered for appointment of lay justices to police authority
A person who wishes to be considered for appointment as a lay justice member shall submit an application to the panel setting out–
his name and address;
his age;
his current occupation, if any, and any positions held by him up to ten years before the date of the application;
his relevant skills and experience;
his academic, professional and vocational qualifications, if any; and
the reasons why he wishes to be so considered.
The panel shall supply free of charge to any person not disqualified for membership a form for the purposes of an application under paragraph (1).
Together with a form supplied under paragraph (2) there shall be supplied information about the office of lay justice member including a statement setting out paragraphs 11, 13 and 14 of Schedule 2 or paragraphs 7, 8 and 9 of Schedule 2A to the 1996 Actf1 (disqualification) as they apply to such members.
An application made before the coming into force of this regulation which satisfies the requirements of paragraph (1) shall have effect as if made under that paragraph.
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Paragraph 11 of Schedule 2 and paragraph 7 of Schedule 2A were each amended by paragraph 20 of Schedule 4 to the Insolvency Act 2000 (c. 39) and by paragraph 7 of the Schedule to the Company Directors Disqualification (Northern Ireland) Order (S.I. 2004/1941); paragraphs 13 and 14 of Schedule 2 were amended by section 106 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16); paragraph 14 of Schedule 2 and paragraph 9 of Schedule 2A were respectively amended by paragraphs 373(4) and 374(4) of Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003.