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Regulation 17 Contents of personal records

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(1)

The chief officer of police shall cause a personal record of each member of the police force to be kept.

(2)

The personal record shall contain—

(a)

a personal description of the member;

(b)

particulars of the member’s place and date of birth;

(c)

particulars of his marriage (if any) and of his children (if any);

(d)

a record of his service (if any) in any branch of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces or in the civil service;

(e)

a record of his service (if any) in any other police force and of his transfers (if any) from one police force to another;

(f)

a record of whether he passed or failed to pass any qualifying examination at which he was a candidate;

(g)

a record of his service in the police force including particulars of all promotions, postings, removals, injuries received, periods of illness, commendations, rewards, punishments other than cautions, and the date of his ceasing to be a member of the police force with the reason, cause or manner thereof:

  • Provided that—

    1. (i)

      a punishment of a fine or of a reprimand shall be expunged after 3 years free from punishment other than a caution;

    2. (ii)

      any other punishment shall be expunged after 5 years free from punishment other than a caution,

    but in the case of a period free from punishment other than a caution which expired before 1st January 1989 only if the member so requests.

(3)

A member of a police force shall, if he so requests, be entitled to inspect his personal record.