{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-55",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-55.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/32",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/55",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Identification of police officers.",
  "text": "(1) The Chief Constable shall make arrangements for each police officer to be assigned a serial number.\n(2) The Chief Constable shall ensure that, as far as practicable, the number assigned under this section to a police officer is so displayed on his uniform as to be clearly visible at all times when he is on duty and in uniform.",
  "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/55",
    "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."
}