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82 Nationality requirements applicable to police officers etc.U.K.

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(1)Irrespective of his place of birth, a person of any nationality may be—

(a)a member of a police force maintained for any police area in England and Wales F1...;

[F2(aa)a constable of the Police Service of Scotland;]

(b)a member of the Police Service of Northern Ireland or of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve;

(c)F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(d)a member of the British Transport Police Force;

[F4(e)a member of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary; [F5or]]

(f)F6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)a special constable;

and, accordingly, irrespective of his place of birth such a person may be attested or appointed, and hold office, as a constable.

(2)Subsection (1) is subject to any provision falling within subsection which relates to qualification for appointment as a constable or as a special constable or for membership of, or for particular ranks, offices or positions with—

(a)any force or constabulary; F7...

[F8(aa)the Police Service of Scotland; or]

(b)the Police Service of Northern Ireland or the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve; F9. . .

(c)F9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(3)Provision falls within this subsection if it is—

(a)provision made by regulations made under section 50 or 51 of the 1996 Act (regulations for police constables and for special constables);

(b)provision made by regulations made under [F10section 48 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (governance and administration of police)];

(c)provision made under section 25 or 26 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32) (regulations for police constables and for the constables in the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve); [F11and]

(d)F12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)provision given effect to by any arrangements made for the purpose of regulating appointment to membership of the British Transport Police Force, [F13or the Civil Nuclear Constabulary], or to particular ranks or positions with that Force or Constabulary.

(4)Without prejudice to the generality of any power conferred apart from this section, the provision falling within subsection (3) that may be made by any such regulations, terms and conditions or arrangements as are mentioned in that subsection may include provision imposing any of the following requirements—

(a)requirements with respect to the competence in written and spoken English of candidates for appointment;

(b)requirements with respect to the immigration status of such candidates;

(c)requirements with respect to nationality in the case of particular ranks, offices or positions;

and, in a case where the power to make provision with respect to qualification for appointment as a constable or as a special constable, or for membership of a force [F14or Service] , is exercisable by any such regulations as are mentioned in that subsection, the regulations made must impose requirements with respect to all the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b).

(5)F15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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I1S. 82 wholly in force; s. 82 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 108(2); s. 82(4) in force at 1.10.2002 by S.I. 2002/2306, art. 2(f)(i); s. 82 in force to the extent not already in force at 3.2.2003 by S.I. 2002/2750, art. 5

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