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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-no-2-regulations-2012/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/680",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-no-2-regulations-2012",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Police Regulations 2003 in a number of respects with regard to testing for the consumption of controlled drugs or alcohol. The amendments allow for the testing of any member of a police force as part of a routine random testing regime, rather than the testing of members in particular categories or particular circumstances. They allow a sample of hair, rather than oral fluid or urine, to be taken for the purposes of testing a candidate for appointment to a police force. They also replace references to saliva in the Police Regulations 2003 with references to oral fluid, while defining oral fluid so as to include saliva. This last is a technical amendment to reflect the fact that the substance recovered by oral testing is a fluid containing, but not consisting entirely of, saliva.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/680/note",
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  "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."
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