{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-and-vetting-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-and-vetting-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2026/653",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Conduct and Vetting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-and-vetting-etc-amendment-regulations-2026",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Insertion of regulation 4A (deviation from guidance on vetting)",
  "text": "After regulation 4 insert—\n“Deviation from guidance on vetting\n4A If a vetting authority considers it necessary to deviate on a repeated or prolonged basis from any aspect of—\n(a) any code of practice relating to vetting issued by the College of Policing under section 39A of the Police Act 1996, or\n(b) any other guidance relating to vetting published by the Secretary of State or the College of Policing,\nthe vetting authority must notify the College of Policing and the National Police Chiefs’ Council.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 39A was inserted by section 2 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) and amended by paragraph 30(2) of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13) and section 124 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/653/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:59:44.779966+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}