{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-200",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996/section-200.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/18",
  "legislation_title": "Employment Rights Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/employment-rights-act-1996",
  "path": "section/200",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "200",
  "heading": "Police officers.",
  "text": "(1) Sections 8 to 10, Part III . . . , sections 43M, . . ., 45, 45A, 47 . . . , 47C, 50 to 57B and 61 to 63, Parts VII and VIII, sections 92 and 93 and, Part X (except sections 100 , 103A and 134A and the other provisions of that Part so far as relating to the right not to be unfairly dismissed in a case where the dismissal is unfair by virtue of section 100 or 103A) . . . do not apply to employment under a contract of employment in police service or to persons engaged in such employment.\n(2) In subsection (1) “police service” means—\n(a) service as a member of a constabulary maintained by virtue of an enactment, or\n(b) subject to section 126 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (prison staff not to be regarded as in police service), service in any other capacity by virtue of which a person has the powers or privileges of a constable.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 200(1) repealed (1.4.2004) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), ss. 37(2)(a), 107, 108(2)-(5), Sch. 8; S.I. 2004/913, art. 2(b)(f)(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 200(1) inserted (6.4.2005) by Employment Relations Act 2004 (c. 24), ss. 57(1), 59(2)-(4), Sch. 1 para. 38; S.I. 2005/872, arts. 4, 5, Sch. (subject to arts. 6-12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 200(1) repealed (1.7.1998) by 1997 c. 42, s. 6(2)(a); S.I. 1998/1542, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 45A inserted (1.10.1998) by S.I. 1998/1833, reg. 31(6)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 200(1) inserted (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 9, Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 35(a); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with Sch. 3 paras. 10, 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 200(1) substituted (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 9, Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 35(b); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with Sch. 3 paras. 10, 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Word in s. 200(1) inserted (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 9, Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 35(c); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with Sch. 3 paras. 10, 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 200(1) inserted (1.7.1998) by 1997 c. 42, s. 6(2)(b); S.I. 1998/1542, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 200(1) inserted (1.4.2004) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), ss. 37(2)(b), 108(2)-(5); S.I. 2004/913, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 200(1) inserted (1.4.2004) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), ss. 37(2)(c), 108(2)-(5); S.I. 2004/913, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 200(1) repealed (15.12.1999) by 1999 c. 26, s. 9, Sch. 4 Pt. III para. 35(d); S.I. 1999/2830, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 Pt. II (with Sch. 3 paras. 10, 11)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1994 c. 33."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 200 modified (1.10.2002 for certain purposes, otherwise 1.4.2004) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 13, Sch. 3 Pt. 3 para. 19(5)(b) (with s. 14(1)); S.I. 2002/2306, art. 4(e); S.I. 2004/913, art. 2(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 200 modified (7.4.2010) by The UK Border Agency (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/782), reg. 42(4)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 200 restricted (1.12.2023) by Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 (c. 41), s. 63(4), Sch. 1 paras. 15, 21 (with s. 61); S.I. 2023/1293, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "S. 200 modified (1.5.2025) by The Food Crime Officers (Complaints and Misconduct) Regulations 2025 (S.I. 2025/301), regs. 1(1), 45(5)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/36",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "word inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/36",
      "affecting_title": "Employment Rights Act 2025"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/18/section/200",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-05T03:34:50.937818+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}