# The Police Regulations 2003, Regulation 5: Part-time appointments

Extent: E+W

(1) ... A chief officer may ... 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 2 months of the date the notice is received by the local policing body, where the body has a suitable vacancy, or
(b) except where sub-paragraph (a) applies, when 4 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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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/527/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003/regulation-5
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