# The Police Cadets Regulations 1979, Regulation 4: Qualifications for appointment


(1) The qualifications for appointment as a police cadet shall be as follows, that is to say, the person concerned at the time of his appointment:—
(a) shall have produced to the chief officer of police satisfactory references as to character;
(b) subject to paragraph (2), shall have attained the age of 16 years and shall not have attained the age of 18 years;
(c) shall have satisfied the chief officer of police that he is likely, on attaining the age of 18 years 6 months, to be able to satisfy the qualifications for appointment to a police force in the rank of constable and, for that purpose, shall have been examined by a registered medical practitioner approved by the police authority.
(2) A person may be appointed a police cadet notwithstanding that he has not attained the age of 16 years or has attained the age of 18 years if the chief officer of police, after considering the circumstances of the case, so decides.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/1727/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-cadets-regulations-1979/regulation-4
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