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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2020/note",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2020/453",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Service of Scotland (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-miscellaneous-amendments-regulations-2020",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Police Service of Scotland (Promotion) Regulations 2013 (“the Promotion Regulations”), the Police Service of Scotland (Senior Officers) (Conduct) Regulations 2013 (“the Senior Officers’ Conduct Regulations”) and the Police Service of Scotland (Senior Officers) (Performance) Regulations 2016 (“the Senior Officers’ Performance Regulations”).\nRegulations 3 to 9 amend the Promotion Regulations by providing for a new promotion programme, namely the Police Leadership Development Programme (“PLDP”). Regulation 4 inserts Regulation 4A and 4B into the Promotion Regulations, providing a definition for the PLDP and making associated provision. Regulation 5 substitutes regulation 3 of the Promotion Regulations to provide that a constable qualifies for promotion only if the constable has obtained the qualifying diploma or completed the PLDP and provides that constables participating in the PLDP are eligible for temporary promotion to sergeant before having completed the PLDP.\nRegulation 6 removes the requirement that the qualifying diploma course is to be held at least once in each calendar year.\nRegulation 7 inserts regulation 4A and makes provision in relation to the PLDP, including eligibility to participate in the PLDP and the Scottish Ministers’ functions in determining certain matters (subject to a consultation requirement by virtue of regulation 10 of the Promotion Regulations).\nRegulation 8 makes amendments so that for constables participating in the PLDP any period of temporary promotion must be taken into account in calculating the period of probation under regulation 6(1) of the Promotion Regulations.\nRegulation 9 makes amendments to extend eligibility to temporary promotion to constables who have completed the PLDP.\nRegulations 10 and 11 make consequential amendments to the Senior Officers’ Conduct Regulations as a result of the revocation of regulation 23 of the Police Service of Scotland (Performance) Regulations 2013 by the Police Service of Scotland (Senior Officers) (Performance) Regulations 2016.\nRegulation 12 corrects errors in the Senior Officers’ Performance Regulations.\nNo business or regulatory impact assessment has been prepared for these Regulations as no impact upon business, charities or voluntary bodies is foreseen.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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