UK Statutory Instrument 2009 United Kingdom

The Polygraph Rules 2009

At a glance

What's here

5 compliance obligations

Who this Act binds

Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.

  • Employee 2
  • Employer 1

Plus 2 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.

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What this Act requires

Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.

Schedules

s.sch001

The polygraph supervisor must review at least one polygraph session...

  • Polygraph supervisor must review operator sessions monthly Employer
s.sch001

For each review the polygraph supervisor must—

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Polygraph supervisor must examine charts and reports for each review Crown / Minister / Government department
s.sch001

Each review of a polygraph session by the polygraph supervisor...

  • Polygraph supervisors must review each session against stated criteria Employee
s.sch001

If the polygraph supervisor identifies a failure when considering the...

Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Polygraph supervisor must act when review identifies a failure Statutory regulator
s.art007

Polygraph supervisor

  • Polygraph supervisor must review sessions, meet operator qualifications, and hold six-monthly meetings Employee
Browse 7 other sections — procedural / definitional / commencement
s.art001

Citation, commencement and interpretation

s.art002

Application

s.art003

Qualifications of polygraph operators

s.art004

Polygraph operator independence

s.art005

Polygraph session requirements

s.art006

(1) Before each polygraph session, an employee of the probation...

s.art008

Reports of polygraph session reviews

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