{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-scotland-regulations-1996/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/221",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Promotion) (Scotland) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotion-scotland-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Temporary promotion",
  "text": "(1) A constable who is required to perform the duties of a higher rank may be promoted temporarily to that rank, provided that in the case of promotion to the rank of sergeant or inspector, he is qualified therefor under regulation 2.\n(2) This regulation shall not apply to a constable required to perform the duties of the chief constable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/221/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:53:14.456279+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."
}