Paragraph 5 I1

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Subject to sub-paragraphs F3(1B), (1C), (4) and (5), a constable F4... who has completed 2 years' service and his probationary service is eligible to take Part I of the qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank of sergeant F5....

A constable who is participating in the HPD Scheme is eligible to take Part I of the qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank of sergeant.

A constable participating in the FT Programme is eligible to take Part I of the qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank of sergeant.

Previous service, including probationary service, within regulation 3(3) or (4) counts for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1).

A constable participating in the FT Programme is eligible to take Part I of the qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank of inspector.

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Subject to sub-paragraphs F11(3B), (3C), (4) and (5), a member of a police force F12... who holds the rank of sergeant is eligible to take Part I of the qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank of inspector.

Sub-paragraph (3A) does not apply to a member of a police force who holds the rank of sergeant on temporary promotion under regulation 6, unless the member is participating in the HPD Scheme.

A sergeant participating in the FT Programme is eligible to take Part I of the qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank of inspector.

A member of a police force F14... who has at any time obtained a pass in an examination which at that time constituted, under regulations made under F15section 50 of the Police Act 1996 F16..., the F17qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank of either sergeant or inspector is not eligible to take Part I of the qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank in question.

F18A person, other than a person participating in the FT Programme, is not eligible without the leave of the F19College of Policing to take Part I of the qualifying assessment for promotion to the rank of sergeant or, as the case may be, inspector in any year if that person took Part I of that F20assessment in the immediately preceding year and failed to obtain a pass in it.

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Part II F23... of the qualifying assessment may be taken by a constable participating in the FT Programme only if a pass has been obtained in Part I.