{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-promotion-regulations-2013/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-promotion-regulations-2013/regulation-8.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/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Accelerated Promotion Programme",
  "text": "(1) Paragraph (2) applies to a constable of the rank of constable who—\n(a) is selected to participate in an Accelerated Promotion Programme; and\n(b) at the beginning of the Programme, has either—\n(i) obtained the qualifying diploma; or\n(ii) passed a previous qualifying examination.\n(2) A constable to whom this paragraph applies is to be promoted temporarily to the rank of sergeant on the first day of the constable participating in the Programme, for such period and on such conditions as the chief constable may determine.\n(3) In this regulation—\n“Accelerated Promotion Programme” means a programme for the time being designated by the Scottish Ministers, for the purpose of this regulation, as the Accelerated Promotion Programme;\n“previous qualifying examination” means—\n(a)qualifying examination A (elementary);\n(b)qualifying examination B; or\n(c)qualifying examination C.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 8 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/39/regulation/8",
    "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."
}