# Police Reserve Trainee Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004, Regulation 9: Termination of service of a police reserve trainee

Extent: N.I.

(1) A person shall cease to be a police reserve trainee on his appointment as a reserve constable.
(2) Where a person has served as a police reserve trainee for a period of 48 weeks (“the relevant period”), but –
(a) has not completed the training specified under regulation 2(b), or
(b) 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.
(3) 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 –
(a) 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
(b) if, following an examination by a medical practitioner appointed or approved by the Chief Constable, the Chief Constable considers that he –
(i) is not fit, physically or mentally, to be a police reserve trainee, or
(ii) 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
(c) if the police reserve trainee refuses, without reasonable excuse, to undergo an examination by a medical practitioner appointed or approved by the Chief Constable; or
(d) 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).
(4) 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.
(5) 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/2/regulation/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-reserve-trainee-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-9
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