# The Police (Vetting) Regulations 2025, Regulation 22: Discontinuation of withdrawal assessment

Extent: E+W

(1) This regulation applies if at any time during the withdrawal assessment—
(a) there is evidence made available to the assessor that was not available to the vetting authority when it made its vetting severity assessment or any revised vetting severity assessment under regulation 15, and
(b) the assessor believes that the vetting authority would on further consideration be likely to determine that the matter could not reasonably lead to vetting clearance being withdrawn.
(2) The assessor must, whether or not the withdrawal assessment is complete, submit to the vetting authority—
(a) a statement of the assessor’s belief and the grounds for it,
(b) a written report on the withdrawal assessment to that point, and
(c) a statement of the assessor's judgment as to how the matter should be dealt with in accordance with regulation 15(2).
(3) Where a report is submitted to the vetting authority under paragraph (2), the vetting authority must make a further vetting severity assessment under regulation 15.
(4) If the vetting authority assesses that the matter concerned could reasonably lead to vetting clearance being withdrawn, the assessor must continue to proceed with the withdrawal assessment that has been commenced.
(5) If the vetting authority assesses that the matter concerned could not reasonably lead to vetting clearance being withdrawn—
(a) the case must be dealt with in accordance with regulation 15(2),
(b) the withdrawal assessment must be discontinued, and
(c) the vetting authority must as soon as practicable, and in addition to any notice required under regulation 15(6), give the officer concerned notice in writing that—
(i) the notice given to the officer under regulation 18(1) has been withdrawn and no further action will be taken pursuant to that notice, and
(ii) the withdrawal assessment has been discontinued.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/502/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-vetting-regulations-2025/regulation-22
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