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# The Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct, Performance and Appeals Tribunals) (Amendment) Regulations 2025

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

This Statutory Instrument has been made in consequence of defects in S.I. 2020/1087 and is being issued free of charge to all known recipients of that Statutory Instrument.
2025 No. 1263
POLICE
MINISTRY OF DEFENCE POLICE
The Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct, Performance and Appeals Tribunals) (Amendment) Regulations 2025
Made
1st December 2025
Laid before Parliament
4th December 2025
Coming into force
29th December 2025
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 3A(1), (1A), (1B), (3), 4 and 4A of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987.

## 1 Citation, commencement and extent {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct, Performance and Appeals Tribunals) (Amendment) Regulations 2025 and come into force on 29th December 2025.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

## 2 Interpretation {#regulation-2}

(1) In these Regulations—
“the 2020 Regulations” means the Ministry of Defence Police (Conduct, Performance and Appeals Tribunals) Regulations 2020;
“the Appeals Tribunals Regulations” means the Regulations set out in Schedule 5 to the 2020 Regulations;
“the Conduct Regulations” means the Regulations set out in Schedule 1 to the 2020 Regulations;
“the Performance Regulations” means the Regulations set out in Schedule 4 to the 2020 Regulations.
(2) Any reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is to the regulation set out in the paragraph so numbered in the relevant Schedule to the 2020 Regulations.

## 71 Amendment of the Appeals Tribunals Regulations {#regulation-71}

The Appeals Tribunals Regulations are amended in accordance with regulations 72 to 74.

## 72 Amendment to regulation 2 (interpretation and general provision as to written notices or documents) {#regulation-72}

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## 73 Amendment to regulation 4 (circumstances in which an MDP officer may appeal to a tribunal - Performance Regulations) {#regulation-73}

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## 74 Amendment to regulation 6 (appointment and composition of police appeals tribunal) {#regulation-74}

In regulation 6, for paragraph (4)(a) substitute—
(a) one must be a person who is a legal member of the First-tier Tribunal under section 15(2) of the Tribunals (Scotland) Act 2014,
.

## 75 Interpretation of Part 6 {#regulation-75}

In this Part—
...
“Head of HR” means the head of HR for the MDP in the Ministry of Defence;
...

## 76 Transitional provisions: amendments to the Conduct Regulations {#regulation-76}

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## 77 Transitional provisions: amendments to the Performance Regulations and the Appeals Tribunals Regulations {#regulation-77}

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(3) The amendment made by regulation 74 does not have effect in relation to an appointment made by the Head of HR under regulation 6(4) of the Appeals Tribunals Regulations before 29th December 2025.