2009 No. 36
Police Support Staff (Suitability) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009
Made
Coming into force
To be laid before Parliament
The Secretary of State makes the following regulations in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 4(3A) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 20001.
In accordance with section 4(3B) of that Act, he has consulted the Northern Ireland Policing Board, the Chief Constable and the Police Association for Northern Ireland:
Citation and commencement1
1
These regulations may be cited as the Police Support Staff (Suitability) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2009.
2
These regulations shall come into operation on 9th March 2009.
Suitability: criminal convictions etc.2
1
Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) and regulation 3, the Chief Constable may determine the matters which may be taken into account in deciding the suitability of a person for appointment under section 4(3) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 to a post in the police support staff, with a view to his being designated under section 30 or 30A of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 20032.
2
A person is unsuitable for such an appointment, if he has been convicted in Northern Ireland or elsewhere of any offence, and has had passed on him a sentence of imprisonment or detention (whether suspended or not).
3
The fact that a person—
a
has been convicted of any offence,
b
has breached a court order, or
c
has received a caution as defined by section 126 of the Police Act 19973,
may be taken into account, in accordance with any determination made by the Chief Constable under paragraph (1), in deciding his suitability for such an appointment.
Suitability: business interests3
1
Save in so far as the Chief Constable may allow at the request of the applicant concerned, a person is unsuitable for appointment under section 4(3) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 to a post in the police support staff, with a view to his being designated under section 30 or 30A of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003, if—
a
he holds any office or employment for hire or gain (otherwise than as a member of the police support staff) or carries on any business; or
b
he, or any relative holds, or possesses a pecuniary interest in, a licence or permit granted in pursuance of the law relating to liquor licensing, refreshment houses or betting and gaming or regulating places of entertainment in Northern Ireland.
2
In paragraph (1)(b) “relative”, in relation to an applicant, means—
a
the father, mother, stepfather, stepmother, son, daughter, stepson, stepdaughter, grandmother, grandfather, grandson or granddaughter of that applicant or that applicant’s spouse or former spouse, or
b
the brother, sister, uncle, aunt, niece or nephew (whether of the full blood or the half blood or by affinity) of that applicant or of that applicant’s spouse or former spouse,
and includes, in relation to an applicant who is living or has lived with another person as husband and wife, any person who would fall within sub-paragraph (a) or (b) if the parties were married to each other.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)