Police (Recruitment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2001
These regulations set out the qualifications required for appointment to the police and prescribe functions to be exercised by a person (the police recruitment agent) appointed by the Chief Constable in connection with the recruitment of police trainees and police reserve trainees. They also prescribe arrangements for the recruitment of police trainees and police reserve trainees. They give effect to recommendations of the Independent Commission on Policing for Northern Ireland in its report “A New Beginning: Policing in Northern Ireland” (the “Patten Report”) published on 9th September 1999.