# The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2025

S.I. 2025/1274 · made 4 December 2025

These Regulations amend provisions in the Police Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/527) (“the 2003 Regulations”) that relate to part-time appointments and leave.

Made under: Police Act 1996

## Introductory text

POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES
Made 4th December 2025
Laid before Parliament 8th December 2025
Coming into force 29th December 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50(1), 2(c) and 2(j) of the Police Act 1996.
In accordance with section 50(2ZC) of that Act, 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 52A(5)(b) of that Act, and in so far as these Regulations relate to matters specified in section 52A(1), the Secretary of State has not considered advice from the Senior Salaries Review Body or referred these matters to the Police Remuneration Review Body because the Secretary of State considers is unnecessary to do so by reason of the nature of these Regulations.
In accordance with section 52A(6) of that Act, and in so far as these Regulations relate to matters specified in section 52A(1), the Secretary of State has supplied a draft of them to, and considered any representations made by, persons whom the Secretary of State considers to represent the interests of those persons referred to in section 52A(6).

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 29th December 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

## 2 Amendment of the Police Regulations 2003

The Police Regulations 2003 are amended as follows.

## 3 Amendment to regulation 5 (part-time appointments)

In regulation 5—
(a) in paragraph (1), omit “, after consultation with local representatives of the representative bodies,”, and
(b) omit paragraph (7).

## 4 Amendment to regulation 33 (leave)

In regulation 33, in paragraph (2)
(a) in sub-paragraph (a), for “days” substitute “periods”, and
(b) in sub-paragraph (b)—
(i) for “days”, in the first place it occurs, substitute “periods”, and
(ii) for the words from “or as single days” substitute “or as a number of different periods”.

## Signature

Sarah Jones
Minister of State
4th December 2025
Home Office

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend provisions in the Police Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/527) (“the 2003 Regulations”) that relate to part-time appointments and leave.
Regulation 3 amends regulation 5 of the 2003 Regulations to remove the requirement on chief officers to consult with local representatives of the representative bodies before appointing persons as part-time members of their force. It also ensures that part-time members are treated in the same way as full-time members in respect of probation and overtime.
Regulation 4 amends regulation 33 of the 2003 Regulations so that annual leave may be granted and taken for any length of time and not just for periods of days and half days.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/1274 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-regulations-2025
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.