The Police (Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Statutory Instruments

2013 No. 1780

Police, England And Wales

The Police (Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 2013

Made

16th July 2013

Laid before Parliament

19th July 2013

Coming into force

19th August 2013

The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50(1), (2)(b) and (7) of the Police Act 1996(1).

In accordance with section 63(3)(2) of the Police Act 1996, the Secretary of State supplied a draft of the Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and took into consideration the representations made by the Board.

Citation, commencement and extent

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 2013 and shall come into force on 19th August 2013.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendment to the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996

2.—(1) Paragraph 5 of Schedule 1 to the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996(3) is amended as follows.

(2) For sub-paragraph (3A) substitute—

“(3A) Subject to sub-paragraphs (3B), (4) and (5), a member of a police force using the Part IIB assessment process who holds the rank of sergeant is eligible to take Part I of the qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank of inspector.

(3B) Sub-paragraph (3A) does not apply to a member of a police force who holds the rank of sergeant on temporary promotion under regulation 6, unless the member is participating in the HPD Scheme.”.

Damian Green

Minister of State

Home Office

16th July 2013

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996 (“the Promotion Regulations”) to allow a police constable who is on temporary promotion to the rank of sergeant while undertaking a work-based assessment for substantive promotion to that rank, and who is taking part in the High Potential Development Scheme (“the HPD Scheme”), to undertake the initial written examination for promotion to the rank of inspector. At present, the Promotion Regulations prevent any police constable temporarily promoted to the rank of sergeant from taking the inspectors’ written examination.

Regulation 6 of the Promotion Regulations makes provision for temporary promotion. Regulation 7 makes provision for the HPD Scheme. Paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 makes provision for the use of written examinations (referred to as Part I of the qualifying assessment) and a work-based assessment (referred to as Part IIB).

(1)

1996 c. 16. There are amendments to section 50 but none is relevant.

(2)

Section 63(3) was substituted by section 59 of, and paragraphs 68, 78(1) and 78(3) of Schedule 4 to, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15) and amended by section 1(3) of, and paragraphs 61, 68(1) and (3) of Schedule 1 to, the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c.48), section 126(1) of, and paragraphs 1 and 6(1) and (2) of Schedule 22 to, the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) and section 10(3) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26).

(3)

S.I. 1996/1685, as amended (so far as is relevant) by S.I. 2005/178.