{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/section-37",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/13",
  "legislation_title": "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Appointment of persons not employed by chief officers of police",
  "text": "(1) This section applies where a chief officer of police is required or authorised by any Act—\n(a) to appoint a person to a specified post in the relevant police force, or a specified post in the civilian staff of the relevant police force, or\n(b) to designate a person as having specified duties or responsibilities.\n(2) The chief officer of police may appoint or designate a person whether or not the person is already a member of staff of the police force.\n(3) Subsection (2) has effect in spite of any provision to the contrary in the Act that is mentioned in subsection (1).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 in force at 16.1.2012 for specified purposes by S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 37 in force at 22.11.2012 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:27.716276+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."
}