s 88K Effect of inclusion in police advisory list
(1) Before employing or appointing any person, a person mentioned in subsection (3) must check with the College of Policing whether the proposed employee or proposed appointee (as the case may be) is included in the police advisory list. (2) For the purposes of subsection (1) a person who is to be seconded to work for a person mentioned in subsection (3), and who will not be employed by that person, is to be regarded as being appointed by that person. (3) The persons referred to in subsections (1) and (2) are— (a) a chief officer of police; (b) a local policing body; (c) the chief inspector of constabulary; (d) the Independent Police Complaints Commission; (e) a person specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 88C(5)(e). (4) In this section— (a) a person who is specified in regulations under section 88C(5)(e) is referred to as a specified person, and (b) in relation to that person, the functions in relation to the exercise of which the person is specified are referred to as specified functions. (5) In relation to a specified person— (a) the duty in subsection (1) applies only to the extent that the proposed employee or proposed appointee (as the case may be) will be involved in the exercise of specified functions; (b) the additional duty in subsection (6) applies where the specified person is proposing to arrange for an existing employee or existing appointee to become involved in the exercise of specified functions (not having previously been so involved). (6) Before making the arrangement, the specified person must check with the College of Policing whether the existing employee or existing appointee (as the case may be) is included in the police advisory list. (7) For the purposes of subsections (5) and (6) a person who is seconded to work for a specified person is to be regarded as an existing appointee of that person (if not an existing employee of that person).