{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012/section-32",
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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": "section/32",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "32",
  "heading": "Policing principles",
  "text": "The policing principles are—\n(a) that the main purpose of policing is to improve the safety and well-being of persons, localities and communities in Scotland, ...\n(b) that the Police Service, working in collaboration with others where appropriate, should seek to achieve that main purpose by policing in a way which—\n(i) is accessible to, and engaged with, local communities, and\n(ii) promotes measures to prevent crime, harm and disorder, and\n(c) that the Police Service should be candid and co-operative in proceedings, including all investigations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 32 repealed (25.6.2025) by Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 5), ss. 3(3)(a), 22(2); S.S.I. 2025/175, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 32(c) and word inserted (25.6.2025) by Police (Ethics, Conduct and Scrutiny) (Scotland) Act 2025 (asp 5), ss. 3(3)(b), 22(2); S.S.I. 2025/175, reg. 2(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 32 in force at 1.10.2012 by S.S.I. 2012/253, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2012/8/section/32",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:14:45.019055+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."
}