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Police Division Identity No: Police Circular No: 2/2003 Title: The Police and Police (Special Constables) (Scotland)
Amendment Regulations 2003 Addressed to: Chief Constables Clerks to the Joint Police Boards Chief Executives of Fife and Dumfries and Galloway Police Authorities | St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG Telephone: 0131 244 2154
Fax: 0131-244 2666 Bill.barron@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
http://www.scotland.gov.uk Our ref: DCQ/2/6 Date: 10 February 2003 |
Dates: Topics: Police Recruitment
Issued: 10 February 2003
Implementation: 3 February 2003
Contact(s) for more information: Phil Burns
(at the above address)
(Tel: 0131 244 2160)
email: phil.burns@scotland.gsi.gov.uk
Dear Colleague
Purpose of the circular: To advise joint police boards and police authorities of The Police and Police (Special Constables) Amendment Regulations 2003.
Summary of contents: A copy of the Scottish Statutory Instrument is attached.
WH BARRON
Branch Head
Police Division 1
The Police and Police (Special Constables) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2003
1. The purpose of this instrument is to amend the Police (Scotland) Regulations 1976 ("the 1976 Regulations") and the Police (Special Constables) (Scotland) Regulations 1966 ("the 1966 Regulations") in relation to the qualifications for appointment as a constable or special constable.
2. Regulation 6 of the 1976 Regulations is amended to provide that in addition to being satisfied that candidates for appointment as constables are sufficiently educated through the passing of an examination, the chief constable also requires to be satisfied that they are sufficiently competent in written and spoken English and sufficiently numerate.
3. Regulation 4 of the 1966 Regulations is amended to provide that the reasonable standard of education required of candidates for appointment as special constables includes being sufficiently competent in written and spoken English.
4. Regulation 6 of the 1976 Regulations and regulation 4 of the 1966 Regulations are amended to provide that candidates for appointment as constables or special constables who are not nationals of a member state of the European Economic Area must have indefinite leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom. As a consequence of this, the existing restriction in regulation 4 of the 1966 Regulations which requires special constables to be British subjects is also removed.
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