Section 44 Recruitment arrangements: trainees and support staff.

The F1Department of Justice shall by regulations prescribe the arrangements to be made, by the Chief Constable or a person appointed under section 43(1), for the recruitment of persons for appointment—

Before making any regulations under subsection (1) the F2Department of Justice shall consult—

The regulations shall include provision for—

In making regulations under this section, the F3Department of Justice shall have regard, in particular, to the need to secure that information is not disclosed contrary to the public interest.

In relation to the recruitment of persons for appointment as police trainees, the regulations shall include provision for the selection of F4... applicants to form a pool of applicants for the purposes of F5section 46(1A) and (1E) .

In relation to the recruitment of persons for appointment under section 4(3) to relevant posts in the police support staff, the regulations shall include provision for the selection of F6... applicants to form a pool of applicants for the purposes of F7section 46(5A) and (5E) .

For the purposes of subsection (6) and section 46(5) a post in the police support staff is a relevant post if at the time the vacancy for that post is advertised it appears to the Chief Constable that it is one of at least 6 vacancies for posts in the police support staff which are—

In this section “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations under subsection (1).