# The Police Service of Scotland Regulations 2013, Paragraph 5: Transitional: probationary service in the rank of constable

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(1) This paragraph applies where a transferred constable is, immediately before 1st April 2013, on probation in accordance with regulation 12 of the 2004 Regulations.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations, any period of probation served in accordance with regulation 12 of the 2004 Regulations by a transferred constable before that date is, on and after that date, to be regarded as if it had been served with the Police Service.
(3) Any determination by a chief constable of a police force of the required period of probation in a particular case in accordance with a determination made under regulation 12 of the 2004 Regulations made before 1st April 2013 is, on and after that date, to be regarded as if it had been determined by the chief constable in accordance with a determination made under regulation 8 of these Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2013/35/schedule/3/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-5
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