{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-20",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-20.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/32",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/20",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Police districts.",
  "text": "(1) Each district, other than Belfast, shall be a police district.\n(2) In the district of Belfast there shall be such number of police districts (not exceeding 4), as may be determined by the Chief Constable; and each such police district shall consist of such area as may be so determined.\n(3) For each police district the Chief Constable shall designate as district commander a police officer of the required rank.\n(4) In any statutory provision—\n(a) for any reference to a police sub-division there shall be substituted a reference to a police district established under this section;\n(b) for any reference to a sub-divisional commander there shall be substituted a reference to a district commander designated under this section.\n(5) “Required rank” means a rank not less than that of chief inspector.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/32/section/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:39.477204+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."
}