{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Recognition of service and examinations in certain police forces",
  "text": "(1) Where a constable has previous service in—\n(a) a police force within the meaning of section 62 of the Police Act 1964; or\n(b) the Royal Ulster Constabulary; or\n(c) the Isle of Man Constabulary,\nsuch service in the rank of sergeant shall count for the purposes of regulation 2(3).\n(2) Where a constable has during such previous service as is described in sub-paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of paragraph (1) above taken an examination which would qualify him for promotion in the police force or constabulary in question—\n(a) from constable to sergeant and has obtained a pass therein, he shall be deemed to have obtained a pass in the qualifying examination but only in relation to qualification for promotion up to the rank of inspector; or\n(b) from sergeant to inspector and has obtained a pass therein, he shall be deemed to have obtained a pass in the qualifying examination for the purpose of qualification for promotion to any rank above the rank of constable,\nprovided that in the case of a constable with previous service in the Isle of Man Constabulary this paragraph shall not apply where the examination in question was taken before 1st January 1983.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 48; section 62 was substituted by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), Schedule 5, paragraph 15."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted for reg. 8(1)(a)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/528",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/528",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/528",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/528",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/528",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/528",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2007"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2009/372",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/221/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:53:14.456279+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."
}