{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/section-100A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/section-100A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/16",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996",
  "path": "section/100A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "100A",
  "heading": "Appointment of senior police officers as staff of College of Policing",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a person who—\n(a) holds the office of constable with a rank above that of chief superintendent, or\n(b) hold that office and is eligible to be appointed to a rank above that of chief superintendent,\nis appointed as a member of the staff of the College of Policing.\n(2) The person continues to hold the office of constable while a member of the staff of the College.\n(3) On appointment—\n(a) a person within subsection (1)(a) holds that office with the same rank that the person held immediately before appointment, or with whatever higher rank the College decides;\n(b) a person within subsection (1)(b) holds that office with whatever rank, above that of chief superintendent, the College decides.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 100A inserted (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 128, 185(1) (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/16/section/100A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:17.766939+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."
}