The Police (Minimum Age for Appointment) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Scottish Statutory Instruments

2006 No. 552

POLICE

The Police (Minimum Age for Appointment) (Scotland) Regulations 2006

Made

20th November 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament

21st November 2006

Coming into force

23rd November 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 26 and 27 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967(1) and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, after taking into consideration any representations made by the Police Advisory Board for Scotland following the submission of a draft of the Regulations in accordance with section 26(9) of that Act, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Minimum Age for Appointment) (Scotland) Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 23rd November 2006.

Amendment of regulation 9 of the Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004

2.  In paragraph (1)(c) of regulation 9 of the Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004(2), for “18 years 6 months” substitute “18 years”.

Amendment of regulation 2 of the Police Cadets (Scotland) Regulations 1968

3.  In paragraph (d) of regulation 2 of the Police Cadets (Scotland) Regulations 1968(3), for “18 years 6 months” substitute “18 years”.

CATHY JAMIESON

A member of the Scottish Executive

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

20th November 2006

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004 to lower from 18 years and 6 months to 18 years the age that a candidate for appointment as a constable must have attained. They also amend the reference to that requirement in the Police Cadets (Scotland) Regulations 1968.

(1)

1967 c. 77; section 26(1A) and (10) was inserted by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (“the 1984 Act”), section 111; section 26(1) was amended by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29) (“the 1994 Act”), section 53(1); section 26(1A) was inserted by the 1984 Act, section 111(1)(a); section 26(2) was amended by the 1994 Act, sections 47(5) and 52(2) and Schedule 9 and by the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) (“the 1996 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraph 14(2); section 26(2A) to (2C) was inserted by the 1994 Act, section 52(3), is amended by the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 7), section 75(4) and is to be partially repealed by the Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10), section 101 and schedule 6, paragraph 1(3); section 26(5A) was inserted by the 1994 Act, section 53(1); section 26(7) was repealed by the 1994 Act, section 52(4) and Schedule 9; section 26(9) was amended by the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10), section 2(4) and by the 1996 Act, Schedule 7, paragraph 14(3); section 27(3) was amended by the 1984 Act, section 111(2) and by the Police Act 1997 (c. 50), Schedule 9, paragraph 9. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998.

(2)

S.S.I. 2004/257.

(3)

S.I. 1968/208; relevantly amended by S.I. 1982/1768.