# The Police (Vetting) Regulations 2025, Regulation 16: Appointment of assessor

Extent: E+W

(1) This regulation applies where there must be a withdrawal assessment in accordance with regulation 15.
(2) The vetting authority must appoint a person to carry out the withdrawal assessment.
(3) No person may be appointed to carry out a withdrawal assessment under this regulation—
(a) unless they have an appropriate level of knowledge, skills and experience to plan and manage the withdrawal assessment,
(b) if they are an interested party,
(c) if they work, directly or indirectly, under the management of the officer concerned, or
(d) in a case where the officer concerned is a senior officer, if they are—
(i) the chief officer of police of the police force concerned,
(ii) a member of the same police force as the officer, or where the officer is a member of the metropolitan police force, serving in the same command as the officer, or
(iii) a designated police volunteer serving in that force.
(4) The reference in paragraph (3)(d)(ii) to a member of the same police force includes a reference to a special constable appointed for the area of that force and a police staff member serving in that force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/502/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-vetting-regulations-2025/regulation-16
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