{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964/section-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964/section-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/48",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964",
  "path": "section/5",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "General functions of chief constables.",
  "text": "(1) A police force maintained under section 2 of this Act shall be under the direction and control of the chief constable appointed under section 5A.\n(2) In discharging his functions, every chief constable shall have regard to the local policing plan issued by the police authority for his area under section 4B of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 5, 5A substituted for s. 5 (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 5; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/48/section/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:29.550126+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."
}