Regulation 9 Termination of service of a police reserve traineeI1
Northern Ireland
A person shall cease to be a police reserve trainee on his appointment as a reserve constable.
Where a person has served as a police reserve trainee for a period of 48 weeks (“the relevant period”), but –
has not completed the training specified under regulation 2(b), or
has not demonstrated physical competence under regulation 2(c),
the Chief Constable may terminate his service as a police reserve trainee by giving him one week’s notice in writing on the expiry of the relevant period.
The Chief Constable may at any time terminate a person’s period of service as a police reserve trainee by giving him one week’s notice in writing –
if he considers that he is not likely to become an efficient or well-conducted reserve constable on completion of his period of service as a police reserve trainee; or
if, following an examination by a medical practitioner appointed or approved by the Chief Constable, the Chief Constable considers that he –
is not fit, physically or mentally, to be a police reserve trainee, or
is not likely to be fit, physically or mentally, to be a reserve constable on completion of his period of service as a police reserve trainee; or
if the police reserve trainee refuses, without reasonable excuse, to undergo an examination by a medical practitioner appointed or approved by the Chief ConstableF1; or
if he is found to have taken a controlled drug under regulation 4A(3)(b), or fails to give a sample as required under regulation 4A(1).
Any termination of a period of service under paragraph 9(2) or (3) shall be carried out in accordance with any such provision as may be made by standing orders under regulation 10.
A police reserve trainee may end his period of service as a police reserve trainee by giving one week’s notice in writing to the Chief Constable.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Reg. 9(3)(d) and word inserted (1.9.2008) by Police (Testing for Substance Misuse) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (S.R. 2008/325), regs. 1(2), 6(3)