Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Part-Time) (Amendment) Regulations 2009

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These regulations amend the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Part-Time) Regulations 2004.

Regulation 2 amends regulation 6, in response to the 8th Report of the Joint Committee of Statutory Instruments for the Session 2003-2004, limiting the purposes for which restrictions may be placed on the private life of members of the PSNI Reserve.

Regulation 3 clarifies the rules about the business interests which are prohibited for Police Officers (Part-Time) serving in the PSNI Reserve and their relatives. Similar amendments have recently been made for police officers in the PSNI, police trainees, and police reserve trainees.

Regulation 4 provides for DNA samples to be taken from Police Officers (Part-Time) serving in the PSNI Reserve.

Regulation 5 corrects defective drafting in regulation 17(2), in response to the 8th Report of the Joint Committee of Statutory Instruments for the Session 2003-2004.

Regulation 6 removes an obsolete reference from regulation 20.