The Police (Conduct and Vetting etc.) (Amendment) Regulations 2026
These Regulations principally amend the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/4) (“the Conduct Regulations”) and the Police (Vetting) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/502) (“the Vetting Regulations”). They also make consequential and subsidiary amendments to the Police (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/2) (“the Complaints and Misconduct Regulations”), the Police Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/527) (“the Police Regulations”) and the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/3) (“the Performance Regulations”).
Lifecycle
Department
Made
16 Jun 2026
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Comes into force
13 Jul 2026
Enabling power
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(1), (2)(b), (e) and (f), (4) and (7) and 51(1), (2)(a), (ba) and (c), (3A) and (4) of the Police Act 1996. In accordance with sections 50(2ZC) and 51(2ZD) of the Police Act 1996, and insofar as these Regulations relate to the matters mentioned in sections 50(2)(b) and 51(2ZB)(b) respectively, the text of these Regulations has been approved by the College of Policing. In accordance with section 63(3)(a) of the Police Act 1996, the Secretary of State has supplied a draft of these Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and has taken into consideration the representations made by that Board before making these Regulations.
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