Honorary Police
(Jersey) Regulations 1977
THE STATES, by virtue and in exercise of the power conferred upon them by
Article 4(4) of the Police Force
(Jersey) Law 1974,[1] have made the following Regulations –
Commencement [see endnotes]
1 Interpretation
In these Regulations, “member of
the Honorary Police” means a Centenier, a Vingtenier or a Constable’s
Officer.
2 Age
limits for candidates for election
A person shall be disqualified for being elected a member of the
Honorary Police if, on the day of nomination as a candidate for election, the
person is less than 20 years of age or has attained 70 years of age.[2]
3 Declaration
by candidates for election
A person seeking election as a member of the Honorary Police shall,
at the time of his or her nomination, make a declaration in writing to the
Connétable of the parish concerned that the person is not disqualified,
by virtue of these Regulations or any other enactment, for being so elected.
4 Association
of Centeniers and Association of Vingteniers and Constable’s Officers
(1) For
the purpose of promoting efficiency, there shall be an Association of
Centeniers of which every Centenier shall be a member and an Association of
Vingteniers and Constable’s Officers of which every Vingtenier and Constable’s
Officer shall be a member.
(2) Subject
to the provisions of the Police Force
(Jersey) Law 1974[3] and these Regulations, each
Association shall make rules for the regulation of its management, proceedings
and business, and a code of conduct to be observed by its members.
(3) Each
Association may, at any meeting convened in accordance with its rules, conduct
any business which it is in its power to conduct if there are not less than 30
members present, and, subject thereto and to the provisions of paragraph (4)
of this Regulation, the decision of a majority of its members present and
voting shall be binding on all its members.
(4) The
Attorney General may set aside or vary any decision of either Association.
5 Resignation[4]
A member of the Honorary Police may resign the member’s office
of his or her own volition only if –
(a) the
member has notified the Connétable of the member’s parish and the
Attorney General of the member’s reasons for wishing to do so; and
(b) those
reasons are accepted by the Attorney General.
6 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Honorary Police (Jersey)
Regulations 1977.