{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-promotion-regulations-2013/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-promotion-regulations-2013/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2013/39",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Service of Scotland (Promotion) Regulations 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-promotion-regulations-2013",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Qualification for promotion",
  "text": "(1) A constable qualifies for promotion only if the constable has obtained the qualifying diploma or has completed the PLDP.\n(2) Paragraph (1) does not apply to a constable promoted temporarily to the rank of sergeant for the purpose of their participation in the PLDP.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 substituted (1.3.2021) by The Police Service of Scotland (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2020 (S.S.I. 2020/453), regs. 1, 5"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/39/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:41:07.413195+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}