Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002 and shall come into force on 1st November 2002.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.

Amendments to the Police Regulations 1995

2. —(1)Regulation 13A of the Police Regulations 1995( 3 ) shall be amended as follows.

(2) There shall be inserted after paragraph (5)—

“ (5A) The term of an appointment to the rank of chief constable or deputy chief constable or to the rank of commissioner, deputy commissioner, assistant commissioner or deputy assistant commissioner in the metropolitan police force to which this regulation applies may be extended by agreement for a period or periods expiring not later than seven years from the date of the initial appointment to that rank.

(5B) The term of an appointment to the rank of assistant chief constable or commander in the metropolitan police force and the City of London police force or assistant commissioner in the City of London police force to which this regulation applies may be extended by agreement for a period or periods expiring not later than:

(a) ten years from the date of the initial appointment to that rank, or

(b) the date on which the person appointed reaches minimum retirement age,

whichever of the periods in sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) is the shorter. ” .

(3) For paragraph (6) there shall be substituted:

“ (6) The term of an appointment to which this regulation applies may, with the consent of the Secretary of State, be extended by agreement for a single period not exceeding three years where the extension cannot be made under paragraphs (5A), (5B) or (7) and, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, the particular extension would be in the interest of the efficiency and effectiveness of the police force. ” .

Amendments to the Police Pensions Regulations 1987

3. —(1)Regulation B1(3) of the Police Pensions Regulations 1987( 4 ) shall be amended as follows.

(2) For the words “regulation 13A(6) or (7)” in sub-paragraph (ba)(i) there shall be substituted “regulation 13A (5A), (5B), (6) or (7)”.

Transitional provisions

4. Any person whose term of appointment to a rank had been extended under paragraph (6) of regulation 13A of the Police Regulations 1995 immediately before 1st November 2002 shall, when the term of appointment as extended expires, be eligible to seek one further extension under that paragraph.