Regulation 5C Officers seeking to transfer from one police force to anotherF1

This regulation applies where a police officer is seeking to transfer from one police force (“police force A”) to another police force (“police force B”).

The police officer may not be appointed to police force B unless the officer holds vetting clearance granted by the vetting authority of police force B no more than six months before the date of appointment.

Subject to paragraph (4), the vetting authority of police force B may only grant the police officer vetting clearance if—

The vetting authority of police force B may carry out a full vetting review, in place of the requirements referred to in paragraph (3)(a) and (b), if the following conditions are met—

But vetting clearance which is granted to a police officer following a full vetting review under paragraph (4) is invalidated if the officer’s date of appointment is postponed with the result that the vetting clearance granted to the officer by police force A was granted more than 12 months before the date of appointment.

Where the vetting authority of police force B grants the police officer vetting clearance, it—

Where the vetting authority of police force B declines to grant the police officer vetting clearance—

If, after granting the police officer vetting clearance but before appointing the officer to police force B, the vetting authority of police force B considers that the officer is no longer suitable to hold vetting clearance, it must revoke the vetting clearance.

A police officer who has applied to police force B for vetting clearance or been granted vetting clearance by police force B must promptly notify the vetting authority of police force B of any change in their personal circumstance or any other matter which may reasonably affect their suitability to hold vetting clearance.

In this regulation—

• “full vetting review” means a review of whether a police officer continues to be suitable to hold vetting clearance which includes—

  1. (a)

     a criminal history check, and

  2. (b)

     any other checks which it is reasonable and proportionate to carry out for the purposes of assessing an officer's continued suitability to hold vetting clearance;

• “police vetting unit” means a unit of individuals specialised in the assessment of the suitability of police candidates or police officers to hold vetting clearance.