PART VIIIN.I.EXCEPTIONS

[F1The police and the police support staffN.I.

71A.(1) Nothing in Part III or V shall render unlawful anything done by the Chief Constable in order to comply with the requirements of [F2section 46(1) to (1F)] of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (selection of persons for appointment as police trainees).

(2) Nothing in Part III or V shall render unlawful anything done by the Chief Constable in order to comply with the requirements of [F3section 46(5) to (5F)] of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (selection of persons for certain posts in police support staff).

(3) The application of any[F4 provision, criterion or practice] to any person applying for appointment as a police reserve trainee with a view to service in the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve on a part-time basis where the[F4 provision, criterion or practice] is one that the person applying is resident in a particular area is not by virtue of[F4 Article 3(2A)] unlawful under any provision of Part III or V.]