{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-promotion-regulations-2013/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "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": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A constable, who before 1st April 2013 has passed (or, by virtue of either the 1968 Regulations or the 1996 Regulations, was deemed to have passed) a previous qualifying examination specified in column 1 of the Table below, is taken to have obtained the qualifying diploma to qualify for promotion to the rank specified in column 2 of the Table for the purposes of regulations 3 and 7.\nColumn 1\nQualifying examination\nColumn 2\nRank\nQualifying examination A (elementary)\nUp to (and including) the rank of inspector\nQualifying examination A (advanced)\nTo any rank below that of assistant chief constable\nQualifying examination B\nTo any rank below that of assistant chief constable\nQualifying examination C\nTo any rank below that of assistant chief constable",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 1 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/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "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."
}