# The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993, Regulation 5: Transitional provisions


For regulation 8 of the principal Regulations, there shall be substituted the following regulation—
“Transisitional provisions
8 (1) A constable who before 8th March 1993 has passed or was deemed to have passed the previous qualifying examination from constable to sergeant shall be deemed to have obtained a pass in the qualifying examination but only for the purpose of qualification for promotion from constable to sergeant and frfom sergeant to inspector.
(2) A constable who before 8th March 1993 has passed or was deemed to have passed the previous qualifying examination for promotion from sergeant to inspector shall be deemed to have obtained a pass in the qualifying examination for all purposes.
(3) A constable who—
(a) before 8th March 1993 sat the previous qualifying examination for promotion from constable to sergeant or, as the case may be, from sergeant to inspector; but
(b) failed to obtain a pass in some paper comprised in that examination;
(c) after 8th March 1993 obtains a pass in some paper comprised in the qualifying examination; and
(d) falls within the circumstances determined by the Board under paragraph 11(b) of the Schedule to these regulations,
shall be deemed—
(i) in the case where the previous qualifying examination was for promotion from constable to sergeant, to have obtained a pass in the qualifying examination but only for the purpose of qualification for promotion from constable to sergeant and from sergeant to inspector; and
(ii) in the case where the previous qualifying examination was for promotion from sergeant to inspector, to have obtained a pass in the qualifying examination for all purposes.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/251/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-scotland-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-5
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