The Police Service of Scotland Regulations 2013

Probationary service in the rank of constable

8.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a constable appointed in the rank of constable, other than a constable who has served with a police force having completed the required period of probation therein, is on probation for such period as the Scottish Ministers must determine in respect of such appointments.

(2) A determination under paragraph (1) may provide for the chief constable to have discretion to determine the required period in a particular case.

(3) For the purposes of a determination under paragraph (1), the periods to be counted or disregarded in reckoning service are such as may be determined by the Scottish Ministers.

(4) In this regulation “police force” means—

(a) a police force maintained under section 2(1) of the Police Act 1996(1);

(b) the metropolitan police force;

(c) the City of London police force;

(d) the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

(e) the British Transport Police Force;

(f) the States of Jersey Police Force;

(g) the salaried police force of the Island of Guernsey; and

(h) the Isle of Man Constabulary.

(1)

1996 c.16; section 2 was amended by the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c.13), section 99 and Schedule 16, paragraph 14.