The Police (Scotland) Amendment (No.4) Regulations 1995

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Scotland) Amendment (No.4) Regulations 1995.

(2) These Regulations shall come into force on 13th December 1995.

(3) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations” means the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976(1).

Insertion of regulation 2A into the principal Regulations

2.  After regulation 2 of the principal Regulations (ranks) there is inserted the following regulation:—

“Part-time appointments

2A.— (1) A chief constable may, after consultation with the joint branch board and other bodies for the time being recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of section 47 of the Police Act 1964(2), appoint persons to perform part-time service in any rank.

(2) A person serving as a full-time constable of a police force may not be appointed to perform part-time service without his consent.

(3) A person may be appointed under this regulation in the rank of constable only if he has, as a full-time constable of a police force, completed the period of probation in that rank that was required by regulation 11.

(4) Any appointment under this regulation in any rank above that of sergeant may only be made on terms that provide for the holder to share with one other person appointed under this regulation in the rank in question the performance of duties that would otherwise fall to be performed by a single person appointed in that rank as a full-time constable of the force; if either of the persons sharing the duties ceases to hold his appointment and is not replaced, the other continues to hold the rank in which he was appointed under this regulation but is to be treated as having become a full-time constable of the force.

(5) In this regulation “full-time constable” means a constable appointed otherwise than under this regulation.

(6) In relation to persons appointed under this regulation to perform part-time service these Regulations have effect with the modifications set out in Schedule 1B.”.

Amendment of regulation 30 of the principal Regulations

3.  Regulation 30(2) of the principal Regulations(3) is amended by inserting after sub-paragraph (d) of the proviso the following sub-paragraph:—

“(e) any service performed pursuant to an appointment under regulation 2A (part-time appointments) shall be multiplied by the factor which was the appropriate factor within the meaning of regulation 1(6) or (7) as it applied to him by virtue of paragraph 1 of Schedule 1B,”.

Insertion of Schedule 1B into the principal Regulations

4.  After Schedule 1A to the principal Regulations(4), there is inserted the Schedule 1B set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.

James Douglas-Hamilton

Minister of State, Scottish Office

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

12th November 1995