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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2007/528",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-scotland-amendment-regulations-2007",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1996 (“the principal Regulations”).\nThe main amendment made by these Regulations is to regulation 2 of the principal Regulations to provide that as from 28th January 2008 in order to be eligible for promotion, a constable has to complete the required probationary period for that rank and either obtain the Diploma in Police Service Leadership and Management (“the Diploma”) or pass the Police (Scotland) Promotion Examination.\nThese Regulations also make amendments to the principal Regulations in consequence of the changes made introducing the Diploma as one of the criteria for promotion.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/528/note",
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  "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."
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