The Immigration, Nationality and Asylum (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Amendment of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2005

32.  In regulation 10 of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2005(1) (qualifications for appointment (where no service as a police trainee))—

(a) in paragraph (1)(a), for “a Member State, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein” substitute “the United Kingdom or an EEA State”;

(b) in paragraph (3)—

(i) omit “and” at the end of sub-paragraph (a);

(ii) after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) “EEA state”, in relation to a time, means—

(i) a state which at that time is a member State, or

(ii) any other state which at that time is a party to the EEA agreement;

(ab) “national of the United Kingdom” means—

(i) a British citizen,

(ii) a person who is a British subject by virtue of Part 4 of the British Nationality Act 1981 and who has the right of abode in the United Kingdom, or

(iii) a person who is a British overseas territories citizen by virtue of a connection with Gibraltar;”.

(1)

S.R. 2005 No. 547; amended by S.R. 2008 No. 325. There have been other amendments to the Regulations which are not relevant to these Regulations.