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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-discipline-senior-police-members-regulations-1998/schedule-1/paragraph-8",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/636",
  "legislation_title": "The NCIS (Discipline) (Senior Police Members) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ncis-discipline-senior-police-members-regulations-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/8",
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  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Abuse of authority, which office is committed where a senior police member of NCIS treats any person with whom he may be brought into contact in the execution of his duty in an oppressive manner and, without prejudice to the foregoing, in particular where he—\n(a) without good and sufficient cause conducts a search, or requires a person to submit to any test or procedure, or makes an arrest; or\n(b) uses any unnecessary violence towards any prisoner or any other person with whom he may be brought into contact in the execution of his duty, or improperly threatens any such person with violence; or\n(c) is abusive or uncivil to any member of the public.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/636/schedule/1/paragraph/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:19.761370+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."
}