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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-regulations-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2594",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Police Regulations 2003 in consequence of the bringing into force of provisions in the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30) which enable the National Crime Squad to recruit officers below the rank of Assistant Chief Constable for permanent positions.\nRegulation 21 is also amended to correct a typographical error.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2594/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:57:08.163113+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."
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