Police Authorities (Selection Panel) Regulations 1994
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1994/2023 |
| Year | 1994 |
1994 No. 2023
POLICE
The Police Authorities (Selection Panel) Regulations 1994
Made 1st August 1994
Laid before Parliament 5th August 1994
Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(2) and (3)
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by paragraph 11 of Schedule 1C to the Police Act 19641, I hereby make the following Regulations:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police Authorities (Selection Panel) Regulations 1994.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3) below, these Regulations shall come into force on the day when Schedule 2 to the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 19942(by which Schedule 1C to the 1964 Act is inserted) is brought into force by order under section 94(1) of that Act of 1994 for the purpose of the appointment of members of the police authorities established under section 3 of the 1964 Act3.
(3) Regulations 3, 4 and 8 below shall come into force—
(a)
(a) on the day referred to in paragraph (2) above, or
(b)
(b) 1st December 1994,
whichever is the later.
(c)
(c) These Regulations extend to England and Wales only.
Interpretation
2. In these Regulations—
“the 1964 Act” means the Police Act 1964;
“panel” means selection panel;
“relevant authority member” means a member of the police authority appointed (or to be appointed) under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1B to the 1964 Act4.
Notifications by clerk
3.—(1) Not less than four months before the term of office of a relevant authority member is due to expire, the clerk to the police authority shall notify the members of the panel of this fact.
(2) Where a person ceases to be a relevant authority member otherwise than on the expiry of his term of office, the clerk to the police authority shall notify the members of the panel of this fact.
Requirement to advertise
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3) below, where a panel are required to nominate persons willing to be candidates to be appointed as relevant authority members, they shall publish in at least two newspapers circulating in the police area for which they are appointed a notice stating the matters referred to in paragraph (2) below.
(2) The matters to be included in a notice published under paragraph (1) above are—
(a)
(a) the name of the police authority and police area;
(b)
(b) that a vacancy exists, or will exist, amongst those members of that authority to which members of the public are eligible for appointment;
(c)
(c) that the duties in connection therewith include—
(i) attendance at meetings of the police authority and its committees;
(ii) keeping abreast of developments in both local and national policing;
(iii) representing the police authority in discussions with interested parties;
(iv) attendance at local police consultative groups, and
(v) liaising with representatives of the local community on policing issues;
(d)
(d) that persons are only eligible for appointment if they—
(i) are aged over 21 and under 70 years;
(ii) live or work in the police area at the time of their appointment;
(iii) have lived or worked in that area for at least the whole of the period of twelve months prior to their appointment, and
(iv) are not otherwise disqualified;
(e)
(e) that, if a person wishes to have his name put forward, he must apply to the panel for an application form, and
(f)
(f) the date, not being less than one month after the date when the notice is published, by which the application form must be completed and returned to the panel if it is to be considered by them in connection with a particular vacancy.
(3) This regulation shall not apply where—
(a)
(a) either of the conditions specified in paragraph (4) below is satisfied, and
(b)
(b) the panel have decided to exercise the discretion conferred on them by regulation 8(1) below, and
(c)
(c) on completion of the procedure required by regulation 8(2) below, the panel have the names of a sufficient number of persons willing to be nominated as candidates for appointment as relevant authority members.
(4) The conditions referred to in paragraph (3)(a) above are—
(a)
(a) that, at the date when the vacancy occurred or, as the case may be, is expected to occur, less than two years have passed since the coming into force of this regulation;
(b)
(b) that, at that date, less than two years have passed since the date of the publication of the last notice previously published in accordance with paragraph (1) above.
(5) In paragraph (3) above “sufficient number” means a number four times greater than the number of appointments that are to be made under paragraph 5 of Schedule 1B to the 1964 Act.
Applications to be considered for appointment to police authority
5.—(1) A member of the public who wishes to be considered for appointment as a relevant authority member shall submit an application to the panel setting out—
(a)
(a) his name and address;
(b)
(b) his age;
(c)
(c) his current occupation, if any, and any positions held by him up to ten years before the date of the application;
(d)
(d) his relevant skills and experience;
(e)
(e) his academic, professional and vocational qualifications, if any; and
(f)
(f) the reasons why he wishes to be so considered.
(2) The panel shall supply free of charge to any person not...
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