{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003/regulation-9A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003/regulation-9A.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/527",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/9A",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9A",
  "heading": "Business interest precluding appointment to a police force",
  "text": "(1) A candidate is not eligible for appointment to a police force if the candidate or a relative of the candidate has a business interest which is to be retained after appointment, unless the business interest is approved by the chief officer or, in the case of a candidate for appointment as chief officer, by the local policing body.\n(2) For the purposes of this regulation—\n(a) a person has a business interest if—\n(i) being a candidate for appointment to a police force, the person holds any office or employment for hire or gain or carries on any business, or\n(ii) being a candidate for appointment to a police force or a relative of a candidate, the person holds or possesses a pecuniary interest in a licence or permit granted in pursuance of the law relating to alcohol licensing, refreshment houses or betting and gaming or regulating places of entertainment in the area of the police force in question; and\n(b) “relative”, in relation to a candidate for appointment to a police force, means—\n(i) a spouse or civil partner who is not separated from the candidate,\n(ii) a person living with the candidate as if they were the candidate’s spouse or civil partner, or\n(iii) a parent, son, daughter, brother or sister of the candidate,\nwho is included in the candidate’s family.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Regs. 7-9A substituted for regs. 7, 8, 9 (20.8.2012) by The Police (Amendment No. 3) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/1960), regs. 1, 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/527/regulation/9A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:34.247026+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}