{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-and-vetting-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-conduct-and-vetting-etc-amendment-regulations-2026/regulation-16.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/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amendment of regulation 5 (duty to hold and maintain vetting clearance)",
  "text": "(1) Regulation 5 is amended as follows.\n(2) The existing text becomes paragraph (1).\n(3) In paragraph (1)(b), after “the vetting authority” insert “of the police force concerned”.\n(4) After paragraph (1) insert—\n“(2) Vetting clearance granted to a police officer by the vetting authority of the police force concerned is valid until whichever of the following events occurs first—\n(a) the vetting authority makes a further grant of vetting clearance to the officer (“renews” the officer’s vetting clearance);\n(b) the vetting clearance is terminated (see further regulation 6);\n(c) the vetting clearance is withdrawn (see further Parts 3 and 4).”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/653/regulation/16",
    "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."
}