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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012/schedule-5/paragraph-10",
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  "legislation": "asp/2012/8",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/10",
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  "number": "10",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Sub-paragraph (2) applies to a constable of the Police Service who, immediately before the appointed day, is a constable of a police force (including any such constable who is, at that time, engaged in service outwith that force).\n(2) A constable to whom this sub-paragraph applies must not be assigned duties which, in the opinion of the Scottish Ministers, would necessitate that constable moving home to a place outwith what was the area of the police force which has ceased to exist.\n(3) Sub-paragraph (2) does not apply to a constable who, immediately before the appointed day, is engaged in service outwith that constable's force until—\n(a) in the case of a constable who is not, on the appointed day, transferred in accordance with this schedule to serve as a constable of the Police Service, such time as the constable reverts to so serve, and\n(b) in the case of a constable who is, on the appointed day, transferred in accordance with this schedule to serve as a constable of the Police Service, such time as the chief constable may determine.\n(4) Sub-paragraph (2) ceases to apply to a constable if, on or after the appointed day, the constable—\n(a) is or becomes a senior officer of the Police Service,\n(b) is promoted to a higher rank,\n(c) gives the chief constable written consent to the lifting of the limitation imposed by sub-paragraph (2).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 10 in force at 1.10.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/253, art. 2, Sch."
    }
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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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