Regulation 5D Suitability to hold vetting clearance: criminal offencesF1

(1)

Paragraphs (2) and (3) apply for the purposes of any provision of these Regulations that requires a person to make an assessment in connection with the suitability of a police officer to hold vetting clearance.

(2)

A police officer is not suitable to hold vetting clearance if—

(a)

the officer has been convicted of a criminal offence for which the court imposed a custodial sentence,

(b)

the officer is, or has been, subject to the notification requirements of Part 2 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (notification and orders),

(c)

the officer has been convicted of, or given a caution for, a listed offence,

(d)

the officer has been convicted of an attempt or conspiracy to commit a listed offence, or

(e)

the officer has been convicted of, or given a caution for, an offence which the vetting authority has determined involved behaviour by the officer amounting to domestic abuse within the meaning of the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 (see section 1 of that Act),

unless there are exceptional circumstances which justify the officer being regarded as suitable to hold vetting clearance notwithstanding the commission of that offence.

(3)

A police officer is also not suitable to hold vetting clearance if the officer has been convicted of, or given a caution for, any other offence, unless there are particular circumstances relevant to the officer’s case which justify the officer being regarded as suitable to hold vetting clearance notwithstanding the commission of that offence.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Regs. 5A-5F inserted (13.7.2026) by The Police (Conduct and Vetting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/653), regs. 1(1), 17 (with reg. 28)