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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/113",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Members of the police service",
  "text": "(1) For the purpose of these Regulations a member of the police service is—\n(a) a constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland as defined in section 1(2) of the 2000 Act; or\n(b) a constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve as defined in section 1(4) of the 2000 Act; or\n(c) a police trainee within the meaning of section 36(3) of the 2000 Act; or\n(d) a police reserve trainee within the meaning of section 37(3) of the 2000 Act; or\n(e) a police service cadet within the meaning of section 42 of the 2000 Act.\n(2) For the purpose of these Regulations a member of the police service who falls within paragraph (1)(a) or (c) remains in service as a member of the police service during—\n(a) a career break, and\n(b) any other period of unpaid leave—\n(i) that does not exceed 5 years; and\n(ii) during which the employment relationship continues .",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "See regulation 19 (periods of unpaid leave) for periods of unpaid leave during which the employment relationship continues."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/113/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:04.118896+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."
}