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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-regulations-1995/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/547",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Amendment) Regulations 1995",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations (which apply in England and Wales) amend the Police Regulations 1995 (“the principal Regulations”).\nRegulation 5 of these Regulations replaces the qualifications set out in the principal Regulations for appointment as chief constable. These include a reference to service as a commander in the metropolitan police force and regulation 2(1) amends regulation 6 of the principal Regulations to require the ranks in that force to include that of commander.\nRegulation 6 of these Regulations inserts two regulations into the principal Regulations. New regulation 13A requires appointments on or after 1st April 1995 to the rank of chief constable and assistant chief constable in provincial forces and commander in the metropolitan and City of London police forces to be for a fixed term determined in accordance with that regulation. It also makes provision requiring those who hold those ranks on 1st April 1995 on an indefinite basis and who transfer to a fixed term appointment to do so in accordance with that regulation. New regulation 13B requires any vacancy in such a rank occurring on or after 1st April 1995 to be advertised in accordance with regulation 13B(2) except in the circumstances set out in regulation 13B(4) and (5).\nRegulations 3, 7, 9 and 14(1) remove various requirements in the principal Regulations for the approval or consent of the Secretary of State.\nRegulations 2(2) and 4 and some of regulation 15 make amendments to the principal Regulations consequent on the abolition of the rank of chief superintendent as from 1st April 1995 by regulation 6(5) of those Regulations. Regulation 12 revokes a provision in the principal Regulations which becomes redundant on the coming into force on 1st April 1995 of the abolition of the rank of deputy chief constable.\nRegulations 8, 10, 11 and 14(2) and the remainder of regulation 15 make minor drafting changes or changes consequent on amendments made by regulations revoked by the principal Regulations. By virtue of regulation 1(2), regulation 15(6) has effect from 1st September 1994. Retrospection is authorised by section 33(4) of the Police Act 1964.\nRegulation 13 makes a change consequent on the changes made by the Social Security (Incapacity for Work) Act 1994.",
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  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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