6.—(1) In regulation 12(1) of the principal regulations (probationary service in the rank of constable) for the words from “a member appointed” to the end there shall be substituted—
“(a)any member who was appointed in the rank of constable before 4th November 2001 other than such a member who transferred to the force from a police force in Great Britain, having completed the required period of probation in that force; and
(b)any member who is appointed in the rank of constable on or after that date, other than a member who, having completed the required period of probation in a police force in Great Britain, left that force to become a police trainee.”
(2) For paragraph 2(a) of Schedule 1 to the principal regulations (modification of regulation 12(1) for part-time service) there shall be substituted—
“(a)in paragraph (1) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted “a member appointed in the rank of constable”;”.