The Police Regulations 2003

Business interests: supplementary

8.—(1) For the purposes of regulation 7, a member of a police force or, as the case may be, a relative included in his family, shall have a business interest if—

(a) the member holds any office or employment for hire or gain (otherwise than as a member of a police force) or carries on any business;

(b) a shop is kept or a like business carried on by the member’s spouse (not being separated from him) at any premises in the area of the police force in question or by any relative included in his family at the premises at which he resides; or

(c) the member, his spouse (not being separated from him) or any relative included in his family living with him holds, or possesses a pecuniary interest in, any such licence or permit as is mentioned in paragraph (2);

and a reference to a relative included in a member’s family shall include a reference to his spouse, parent, son, daughter, brother or sister.

(2) The licence or permit referred to in paragraph (1)(c) is a licence or permit granted in pursuance of the law relating to liquor licensing, refreshment houses or betting and gaming or regulating places of entertainment in the area of the police force in question.

(3) If a member of a police force or a relative included in his family has a business interest within the meaning of regulation 7 and, on that interest being notified or disclosed as mentioned in regulation 7(1), the chief officer has, by written notice, required the member to furnish particulars of such changes in that interest, as respects its nature, extent or otherwise, as may be mentioned in the notice then, in the event of any such change in that interest being proposed or occurring, regulation 7 shall have effect as though the changed interest were a newly proposed, or newly acquired, interest which has not been notified or disclosed as aforesaid.

(4) In its application to a chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable, regulation 7 and this regulation shall have effect as if—

(a) for any reference therein to the chief officer there were substituted a reference to the police authority;

(b) for any reference in regulation 7(3), (5) or (6) to an appeal there were substituted a reference to a request for reconsideration; and

(c) the references in regulation 7(6) to the approval of the police authority were omitted;

but a police authority shall not dispense with the services of a chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable under regulation 7 without giving him an opportunity of making representations and shall consider any representations so made.

(5) In its application to a member of the metropolitan police force, regulation 7 and this regulation shall have effect as if for any reference to the chief officer there were substituted a reference to an assistant commissioner of police of the metropolis; except that nothing in this paragraph shall affect the power of the commissioner, subject to the approval of the police authority, to dispense with the services of a member of the metropolitan police force in pursuance of regulation 7(6).