The Police (Vetting) Regulations 2025
These Regulations make provision for the vetting of police officers. They require every police officer to hold and maintain vetting clearance. They also establish a procedure for withdrawing vetting clearance where there is evidence that a police officer may no longer be suitable to hold it. The Regulations are connected to the Police (Performance) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/3), which concern unsatisfactory performance or attendance or gross incompetence, and the Police (Conduct) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/4), which concern internal conduct matters.
Lifecycle
Department
Made
22 Apr 2025
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In force
14 May 2025
Enabling power
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(1), (2)(e) and (f), (2A), (4) and (7), 51(1), (2)(ba) and (c) and (3A) and 85(1) and (3) to (4A) of, and paragraph 2A of Schedule 6 to, the Police Act 1996. 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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