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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-regulations-2016/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/798",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-regulations-2016",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make various amendments to the Police Regulations 2003 (S.I. 2003/527) (“the 2003 Regulations”).\nRegulations 3, 4, 5 and 6 make changes to permit individuals to enter the police force at the rank of inspector under the Direct Entry Inspectors Programme. The changes relate to definitions, assessment centres, periods of probation and discharge whilst on probation.\nRegulation 7 corrects a minor technical error in regulation 46 of the 2003 Regulations (which resulted from amendments made by S.I. 2015/455).\nA full impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors is foreseen.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/798/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:21:10.114447+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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