{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-minimum-age-for-appointment-regulations-2006/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2278",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Minimum Age for Appointment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-minimum-age-for-appointment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Special Constables Regulations 1965 and the Police Regulations 2003 to lower from 18 years and 6 months to 18 years the age that a candidate for appointment as a special or regular constable must have attained.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2278/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:22:56.922148+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."
}