# The Police Regulations 2003, Regulation 2: References to transfers

Extent: E+W

(1) A reference in these Regulations to a member of a police force voluntarily transferring from one force to another shall be construed as a reference to such a member leaving a force for the purpose of joining another force and joining that other force, where he left the force first mentioned in this regulation on or after 1st January 1963 for that purpose with, in the case of the chief officer, the consent of the local policing body.
(2) Except where the context otherwise requires, a reference in these Regulations to a member of a police force being statutorily transferred from one force to another shall be construed as a reference to such a member being transferred—
(a) by or under the Local Government Act 1933 , the Police Act 1946 , the Local Government Act 1958 , the London Government Act 1963 , the Police Act 1964 (including that Act as amended by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 ), the Local Government Act 1972 , the Local Government Act 1992 or the Police Act 1996;
(b) in the case of a person who was a member of the River Tyne police force, under the Harbours Act 1964 .
(3) A reference in these Regulations to a member of a police force transferring from one force to another shall be construed as a reference to his either voluntarily so transferring or being statutorily so transferred.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/527/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003/regulation-2
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