2016 No. 798
Police, England And Wales

The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2016

Made
Laid before Parliament
Coming into force
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50 of the Police Act 19961, makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 50(2ZC) of that Act2, and in so far as these regulations relate to matters specified in that section, the text of these Regulations has been approved by the College of Policing.
In accordance with section 63(3) of that Act3, and in so far as these Regulations relate to matters other than those mentioned in section 50(2ZC), the Secretary of State has supplied a draft of these Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and taken into consideration their representations.

Citation and commencement

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) Regulations 2016 and come into force on 19th August 2016.

Amendments to the Police Regulations 2003

2.

The Police Regulations 20034 are amended as follows.

3.

In regulation 35, after the definition of “Conduct Regulations”, insert—

““DE Inspector Programme” means a programme for the time being recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations as the Direct Entry (Inspector) Programme;

“DE inspector” means an inspector participating in the DE Inspector Programme;”.

4.

In regulation 106—

(a)

in paragraph (1)(j), for “FT programme or the DE Superintendent Programme” substitute “FT Programme, the DE Inspector Programme or the DE Superintendent Programme”;

(b)

in paragraph (3)(aa), for “FT Programme or, as the case may be, the DE Programme” substitute “FT Programme, the DE Inspector Programme or, as the case may be, the DE Superintendent Programme”.

5.

In regulation 127, after paragraph (1)(a), insert—

“(aa)

in the case of a DE inspector, appointed in the rank of inspector;”.

6.

In regulation 138—

(a)

in paragraph (1)—

(i)

for “the services of a constable or DE superintendent” substitute “the services of a constable, DE inspector or DE superintendent”;

(ii)

for “well conducted constable or DE superintendent”, substitute “well conducted constable, DE inspector or DE superintendent”;

(b)

in paragraph (2), for “constable or DE superintendent” substitute “constable, DE inspector or DE superintendent”;

(c)

in paragraph (3), for “constable’s or DE superintendent’s” substitute “constable’s, DE inspector’s or DE superintendent’s”;

(d)

in paragraph (4), for “constable or DE superintendent” substitute “constable, DE inspector or DE superintendent”.

7.

In regulation 469—

(a)

in paragraph (1A)—

(i)

in sub-paragraph (b)(ii), for “where sub-paragraph (c)” substitute “where paragraph (1AA)”;

(ii)

omit paragraph (c);

(b)

after paragraph (1A) insert—

“(1AA)

This paragraph applies where—

(a)

the determination would affect members of police forces who are not above the rank of chief superintendent as well as those who are; and

(b)

the Secretary of State thinks that it would be preferable for the matter to be considered by the same body.”.

Brandon Lewis
Minister of State
Home Office
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make various amendments to the Police Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/527) (“the 2003 Regulations”).

Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 6 make changes to permit individuals to enter the police force at the rank of inspector under the Direct Entry Inspectors Programme. The changes relate to definitions, assessment centres, periods of probation and discharge whilst on probation.

Regulation 7 corrects a minor technical error in regulation 46 of the 2003 Regulations (which resulted from amendments made by S.I. 2015/455).

A full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.