PART 1General
Extension of improvement and validity periods11
1
A first improvement period or a final improvement period may, on the application of the constable or otherwise, be extended by a constable above the rank of chief inspector and of a rank higher than the constable.
2
An extended final improvement period may, on the application of the constable or otherwise, be extended by the deputy chief constable.
3
But an extension made under paragraph (1) or (2) must not result in any improvement period exceeding 12 months.
4
If an improvement period is extended, the validity period specified in the relevant improvement notice must also be extended, provided that the validity period must end not later than 6 months after the end of the improvement period as extended.
5
An extension of a validity period under paragraph (4) may result in that validity period, as extended, exceeding 12 months.
6
If any improvement period or validity period is extended, any reference in these Regulations to that improvement period or validity period must be read as a reference to that period as extended.