Regulation 5 Part-time appointments

England and Wales

(1)

F1... A chief officer may F2... appoint persons to perform part-time service in any rank.

(2)

In these Regulations a person appointed to perform part-time service includes a person appointed to share a job with another person.

(3)

A person appointed to perform part-time service may not be appointed to serve as a full-time member without his consent.

(4)

A person appointed to perform part-time service immediately after serving as a full-time member may give notice in writing of his intention to be re-appointed as a full-time member and shall be so appointed—

(a)

within F32 months of the date the notice is received by the F4local policing body, where the F5body has a suitable vacancy, or

(b)

except where sub-paragraph (a) applies, when F64 months have elapsed since the day the notice was received, or from an earlier date if reasonably practicable.

(5)

A person serving as a full-time member of a police force may not be appointed to perform part-time service without his consent.

(6)

In this regulation “full-time member” means a member appointed otherwise than under this regulation.

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F8(8)

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in reg. 5(1) revoked (1.4.2006) by The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Consequential and Supplementary Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/594), art. 1, Sch. para. 34(2)(f)
F2: Words in reg. 5(1) omitted (29.12.2025) by virtue of The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1274), regs. 1(1), 3(a)
F3: Words in reg. 5(4)(a) substituted (22.11.2012) by The Police (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2712), regs. 1, 3(2)(a)
F4: Words in reg. 5(4)(a) substituted (16.1.2012 in relation to the Metropolitan police district; 22.11.2012 in relation to the other police areas in E.W.) by The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/3026), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(c)
F5: Word in reg. 5(4)(a) substituted (16.1.2012 in relation to the Metropolitan police district; 22.11.2012 in relation to the other police areas in E.W.) by The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/3026), regs. 1(1), 5(2)(a)
F6: Words in reg. 5(4)(b) substituted (22.11.2012) by The Police (Amendment No. 4) Regulations 2012 (S.I. 2012/2712), regs. 1, 3(2)(b)
F7: Reg. 5(7) omitted (29.12.2025) by virtue of The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/1274), regs. 1(1), 3(b)
F8: Reg. 5(8) revoked (1.4.2006) by The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Consequential and Supplementary Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/594), art. 1, Sch. para. 34(2)(g)