{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/851",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 7th May 1987\nLaid before Parliament 13th May 1987\nComing into force 15th June 1987\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 33 of the Police Act 1964, and after satisfying the requirements of section 46(3) of that Act and section 2(1) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 as to the furnishing of drafts of the Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and to the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom, and taking into consideration any representations or recommendations made by them respectively, I hereby make the following Regulations:—",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 46(3), as amended by s.4(6) of the Police Act 1969 (c. 63), was amended by s.2(4) of the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1980 c. 10."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/851/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:26:54.657928+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."
}