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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-order-1987/schedule-1/paragraph-3",
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  "legislation": "nisi/1987/938",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-order-1987",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a person shall hold an office to which he is appointed under paragraph 1 in accordance with the terms of his appointment.\n(2) A person shall not be appointed to such an office for more than 3 years at a time.\n(3) A person may at any time resign such an office.\n(4) The Secretary of State may at any time remove a person from such an office if satisfied that—\n(a) he has without reasonable excuse failed to carry out his duties for a continuous period of 3 months beginning not earlier than 6 months before that time; or\n(b) he has been convicted of a criminal offence; or\n(c) he has become bankrupt or made an arrangement with his creditors; or\n(d) he is incapacitated by physical or mental illness; or\n(e) he is otherwise unable or unfit to perform his duties.\n(5) A person who has resigned such an office or whose term of office has expired shall be eligible for re-appointment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1987/938/schedule/1/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:47:58.653686+00:00"
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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."
}