Police Cadets Regulations 1968
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 1968/25 |
| Year | 1968 |
POLICE
ENGLAND AND WALES
The Police Cadets Regulations 196810thJanuary 1968
17thJanuary 1968
1stFebruary 1968
In exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 35 of the Police Act 1964(a), and after consulting the Police Council for Great Britain and the Police Advisory Board in accordance with sections 45(4) and 46(3) of that Act, I hereby make the following Regulations:—
Qualifications for appointment
1.—(1) The qualifications for appointment as a police cadet shall be as follows, that is to say, the person concerned at the time of his appointment:—
(a) shall be a British subject or a citizen of the Republic of Ireland;
(b) shall have produced to the chief officer of police satisfactory references as to character;
(c) subject to paragraph (2), shall have attained the age of 16 years and shall not have attained the age of 18 years 6 months;
(d) shall have satisfied the chief officer of police that he is likely, on attaining the age of 19 years, to be able to satisfy the qualifications for appointment to a police force in the rank of constable and, for that purpose, shall have been examined by a registered medical practitioner approved by the police authority.
(2) A person may be appointed a police cadet notwithstanding that he has not attained the age of 16 years or has attained the age of 18 years 6 months if the chief officer of police, after considering the circumstances of the case, so decides.
Termination of service
2.—(1) A police cadet may resign only if he has given to the police authority 2 weeks' written notice of his intention to resign or such shorter notice as may have been accepted by that authority.
(2) A police cadet's service as such shall terminate, by virtue of this paragraph, on his appointment as a member of a police force.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Regulation, the chief officer of police may at any time terminate a police cadet's service.
(a) 1964 c. 48.
(4) A police cadet whose service is terminated under paragraph (3); otherwise than for misconduct, shall be entitled to receive 2 weeks' notice or 2 weeks' pay in lieu thereof.
(5) Where the chief officer of police is considering terminating a police cadet's service under paragraph (3) for misconduct he shall, before reaching a decision, afford to the cadet an opportunity of a personal interview with him or the deputy chief constable or an assistant chief constable (or, in the case of the City of London and metropolitan police forces, with an assistant commissioner of police); and at any such interview the cadet shall be entitled to be accompanied by such person as he may choose and to make such representations as he thinks fit.
Restriction on other employment
3. A police cadet shall not engage in any other employment for gain except with the consent of the chief officer of police.
Hours of duty
4.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the normal hours of duty of a police cadet shall be such as are determined by or with the authority of the chief officer of police.
(2) Where a police cadet, for the purposes of training, is assigned to duties with a member of the police force, his normal weekly period of duty shall be 42 hours.
(3) A police cadet whose actual period of duty in any week exceeds his normal period of duty (which excess period of duty is hereinafter referred to as "overtime") shall, within 28 days, be granted in respect of each complete quarter of an hour of overtime an equal period of time off and, in addition, in respect of each complete three-quarters of an hour of overtime an additional quarter of an hour of time off.
(4) To such extent, if any, as the chief officer of police in a particular case may decide, the period spent by a police cadet on a journey necessary to enable him to report for duty or to return home after duty shall be treated for the purposes of these Regulations as falling within a period of duty.
Public holidays
5. A police cadet shall be granted a day's leave on each public holiday.
Annual leave
6.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the annual leave of a police cadet shall be granted at such times and be of such duration as may be determined by or with the authority of the chief officer of police.
(2) Where a police...
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