Regulation 6 Probationary service in the rank of constable

In regulation 11 of the principal Regulations (probationary service in the rank of constable) there shall be inserted at the end of paragraph (2)—

“or for such longer period as the chief constable, with the approval of the Secretary of State, determines in the circumstances of a particular case:

Provided that where, in the opinion of the chief constable, the said period of probation was seriously interrupted by a period of absence from duty by reason of injury or illness, the chief constable may at his discretion extend the period of probation for such longer period not exceeding 12 months as he determines in the circumstances of that particular case.”.