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# The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2014

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2014 No. 2372
Police, England And Wales
The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2014
Made
1st September 2014
Laid before Parliament
8th September 2014
Coming into force
1st October 2014
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 50(1), (2)(b) and (c) and (4) of the Police Act 1996.
In accordance with section 50(2ZC) of that Act, the text of these Regulations has been approved by the College of Policing.

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

These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 1st October 2014.

## 2 Amendments to the Police Regulations 2003 {#regulation-2}

The Police Regulations 2003 are amended as follows.

## 3 Amendments to the Police Regulations 2003 {#regulation-3}

In regulation 3, after the definition of “Conduct Regulations” insert—
“DE Superintendent Programme” means a programme for the time being recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations as the Direct Entry (Superintendent) Programme;
“DE superintendent” means a superintendent participating in the DE Superintendent Programme;
“FT Programme” means a programme for the time being recognised by the Secretary of State for the purposes of these Regulations as the Constable to Inspector Fast Track Programme;
.

## 4 Amendments to the Police Regulations 2003 {#regulation-4}

In regulation 10—
(a) after sub-paragraph (1)(i) insert—
(j) must, if a candidate for appointment under the FT Programme or the DE Superintendent Programme, have passed the assessment centre in respect of that programme.
;
(b) in paragraph (3), after the definition of “armed forces” insert—
(aa) “assessment centre” means the assessment centre approved by the College of Policing for the purposes of the FT Programme or, as the case may be, the DE Programme;
.

## 5 Amendments to the Police Regulations 2003 {#regulation-5}

In regulation 12—
(a) in the heading omit “in the rank of constable”;
(b) for paragraph (1), substitute—
(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a member of a police force—
(a) appointed in the rank of constable, other than such a member who transferred to the force from another police force having completed the required period of probation therein; or
(b) in the case of a DE superintendent, appointed in the rank of superintendent,
shall be on probation for such period as the Secretary of State shall determine in respect of such appointments.
.

## 6 Amendments to the Police Regulations 2003 {#regulation-6}

In regulation 13—
(a) in paragraph (1)—
(i) after “the services of a constable”, insert “or DE superintendent”;
(ii) after “or well conducted constable”, insert “or superintendent”;
(b) in paragraph (2), after “constable”, insert “or DE superintendent”;
(c) in paragraph (3), after “constable’s”, insert “or DE superintendent’s”;
(d) in paragraph (4), after “constable”, insert “or DE superintendent”.