Moved by
Earl Attlee
176: After Clause 47, insert the following new Clause—
“Power to make regulations to ensure that senior appointees have international policing experience
(1) The Police Act 1996 is amended as follows.
(2) After section 50B (inserted by section 46) insert—
“50C Regulations for police forces: requirement for senior appointees to have international policing experience
(1) The Secretary of State may make regulations by statutory instrument to provide that in each police force only one of the top five most senior officers are promoted or appointed without international policing experience.
(2) For the purpose of subsection (1), an officer would be regarded as having “international policing experience” if he or she—
(a) had served in a policing operation for more than five months with a UK police rank lower than inspector in a country outside North America, Europe or Australasia;
(b) had served in a policing operation under United Nations auspices for more than five months with a UK police rank lower than inspector; or
(c) had served in a policing operation under United Nations, NATO or African Union auspices for more than eleven months.
(3) Before making any regulations under subsection (1), the Secretary of State must consult the College of Policing.
(4) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument make provision that is consequential on, or incidental or supplemental to, regulations under subsection (1).
(5) The power conferred by subsection (4) includes power to—
(a) repeal, revoke or otherwise amend legislation that (in relation to members of police forces in England and Wales) makes provision with respect to ranks that are not specified in regulations under subsection (1);
(b) make other amendments of legislation that are consequential on regulations under subsection (1).
(6) Regulations under this section may include transitional, transitory or saving provision.
(7) Regulations under this section may make different provision for different cases or circumstances.
(8) A statutory instrument containing regulations under this section may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.””