# The Police (Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 2015

S.I. 2015/453 · made 26 February 2015

These Regulations amend the Police Promotion Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) to implement the decision to require all forces to use the National Police Promotion Framework, which includes an assessment based on a written paper, and a work based assessment. Officers who passed the previous practical tests element of the assessment prior to 1st April 2015 will still be eligible for promotion.

Made under: Police Act 1996 (Section 50)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-amendment-regulations-2015/pdf/uksi_20150453_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-amendment-regulations-2015/pdf/uksiem_20150453_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Police, England And Wales
Made 26th February 2015
Laid before Parliament 5th March 2015
Coming into force 1st April 2015
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50 of the Police Act 1996, makes the following Regulations.
In accordance with section 50(2ZC) of that Act, the text of these Regulations has been approved by the College of Policing.

## 1 Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Promotion) (Amendment) Regulations 2015 and come into force on 1st April 2015.

## 2 Amendments to the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996

The Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996 are amended as follows.

## 3 Amendments to the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996

In regulation 3(7), for “(1) and (2)” substitute “(1), (2), (2A) and (2B)”.

## 4 Amendments to the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996

In regulation 5(3)—
(a) after “completing” insert “, or has completed,”;
(b) after “Part II” omit “B”.

## 5 Amendments to the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996

In regulation 6(2), after “Part II” omit “B”.

## 6 Amendments to the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996

In Schedule 1—
(a) in paragraph 1—
(i) in sub-paragraph (1), for “examinations board” substitute “College of Policing”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (2)(b), for “either Part IIA, consisting of practical tests, or Part IIB”, substitute “Part II”;
(iii) in sub-paragraph (2A), after “Part II” omit “B”;
(iv) in sub-paragraph (3), for “Parts I and IIA” substitute “Part I”;
(b) for paragraph 2, substitute—
“2. The College of Policing shall determine the standard to be achieved by a candidate in order to obtain a pass in any part of the qualifying assessments.”;
(c) for paragraph 3, substitute—
“3. The College of Policing shall—
(a) set and mark the written paper referred to in paragraph 1(2); and
(b) set the criteria against which Part II is to be assessed.”;
(d) in paragraph 4—
(i) for “examinations board” substitute “College of Policing”;
(ii) in sub-paragraph (a), for “each Part” substitute “Part I”;
(e) in paragraph 5—
(i) omit sub-paragraph (1);
(ii) in sub-paragraph (1A), omit “in a force using the Part IIB assessment process”;
(iii) omit sub-paragraph (3);
(iv) in sub-paragraph (3A), omit “using the Part IIB assessment process”;
(v) in sub-paragraph (5), for “examinations board” substitute “College of Policing”;
(vi) omit sub-paragraph (6);
(vii) in sub-paragraph (7), after “Part II” omit “B”;
(f) in paragraph 6—
(i) for each of the three references to “examinations board” substitute “College of Policing”;
(ii) for each of the two references to “their” substitute “its”.

## 7 Amendments to the Police (Promotion) Regulations 1996

In Schedule 2—
(a) in paragraph 3, after condition C(4) insert “C(5) the pass must have been obtained before 1st April 2015.”;
(b) after the entry numbered 11 in the table, insert the following entry—
“
12. A police force
Q(3)
C(5).
”

## Signature

Mike Penning
Minister of State
Home Office
26th February 2015

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations amend the Police Promotion Regulations 1996 (“the 1996 Regulations”) to implement the decision to require all forces to use the National Police Promotion Framework, which includes an assessment based on a written paper, and a work based assessment. Officers who passed the previous practical tests element of the assessment prior to 1st April 2015 will still be eligible for promotion.
These Regulations also amend the 1996 Regulations to replace references to the examinations board with references to the College of Policing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/453 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-amendment-regulations-2015
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