# The Police (Vetting) Regulations 2025, Regulation 5: Duty to hold and maintain vetting clearance

Extent: E+W

(1) A police officer must—
(a) hold and maintain vetting clearance, and
(b) promptly notify the vetting authority of the police force concerned of any change in their personal circumstance or any other matter which may reasonably affect their suitability to hold vetting clearance.
(2) Vetting clearance granted to a police officer by the vetting authority of the police force concerned is valid until whichever of the following events occurs first—
(a) the vetting authority makes a further grant of vetting clearance to the officer (“renews” the officer’s vetting clearance);
(b) the vetting clearance is terminated (see further regulation 6);
(c) the vetting clearance is withdrawn (see further Parts 3 and 4).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/502/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-vetting-regulations-2025/regulation-5
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