2003 No. 2595

POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Police (Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 2003

Made14th October 2003

Laid before Parliament16th October 2003

Coming into force15th November 2003

The Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 50 of the Police Act 19961 and section 79A of the Police Act 19972, and after furnishing a draft of the Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and taking into consideration any representations made by that Board in accordance with section 63(3) of the Police Act 19963, hereby makes the following Regulations:

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1. (1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 2003 and shall come into force on 15th November 2003.

(2)

In these Regulations “the 1996 Regulations” means the Police (Promotion) Regulations 19964.

Amendments to 1996 Regulations

2. (1)

Regulation 2 of the 1996 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1)—

(a)

in the definition “member of a police force” for “section 33(2)(1) of the Police Act 1964” there is substituted “section 50 of the Police Act 1996”; and

(b)

the following definition is inserted in the appropriate place—

““member of the NCS” means a police member of the National Crime Squad appointed under section 55(1)(b) of the Police Act 1997 and includes such a police member who is suspended from membership of the Squad and the office of constable under regulations made by virtue of section 81 of the Police Act 1997”.

(3)

In paragraph (2)—

(a)

after “member of a police force” there is inserted “or a member of the NCS”; and

(b)

for “section 53C(3) of the Police Act 1964” there is substituted “section 97(3) of the Police Act 1996”.

(4)

In paragraph (3)(b) for “1995” there is inserted “2003”.

(5)

In paragraph (3)(c)—

(a)

on each occasion where “police force” occurs there is inserted immediately after those words “or the National Crime Squad”; and

(b)

for “regulation 36A(1) of the Police Regulations 19955” there is substituted “regulation 29 of the Police Regulations 20036”.

3. (1)

Regulation 3 of the 1996 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (7)(b) for “section 33 of the Police Act 1964” there is substituted “section 50 of the Police Act 1996 or section 79A of the Police Act 1997”.

4. (1)

Regulation 5 of the 1996 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (1) after “member of a police force” there is inserted “or a member of the NCS”.

(3)

In paragraph (1)(b) after “force” there is inserted “or, as the case may be, the Squad”.

(4)

In paragraphs (1) and (2) after “chief officer of police” there is inserted “or, in the case of a person who is on probation in the National Crime Squad, the Director General of that Squad”.

5. (1)

Regulation 6 of the 1996 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2)

After “member of a police force” there is inserted “or a member of the NCS”.

6. (1)

Regulation 7 of the 1996 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraphs (1), (2) and (3) after “chief officer of police” there is inserted “or, as the case may be, the Director General of the National Crime Squad”.

7. (1)

Schedule 1 to the 1996 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 4 after “chief officer of police” there is inserted “and the Director General of the National Crime Squad”.

(3)

For paragraph 4(c) there is substituted—

“(c)
in the case of a chief officer of police of the results in so far as they affect members of the police force of which he is chief officer and in the case of the Director General of the National Crime Squad of the results in so far as they affect members of the NCS.”.

(4)

In paragraph 5(3) and (4) after “member of a police force” there is inserted “or a member of the NCS”.

(5)

In paragraph 5(4) for “section 33 of the Police Act 1964” there is substituted “section 50 of the Police Act 1996 or section 79A of the Police Act 1997”.

8. (1)

Schedule 2 to the 1996 Regulations is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph 1 on each occasion where “member of a police force” occurs there is inserted immediately after those words “or a member of the NCS”.

(3)

In paragraph 2 for “section 33 of the Police Act 19647” there is substituted “section 50 of the Police Act 1996 or section 79A of the Police Act 1997”.

Caroline Flint

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

14th October 2003

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996 to extend them to police members of the National Crime Squad appointed under section 55(1)(b) of the Police Act 1997. They also update a number of references to reflect the fact that the Police Regulations 1995 have been revoked and replaced by the Police Regulations 2003 and the Police Act 1964 has been re-enacted by the Police Act 1996.