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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/regulation-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/851",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/15",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Appointment of deputy chief constable",
  "text": "Every appointment to the rank of deputy chief constable shall be subject to the approval of the Secretary of State, and, without prejudice to regulations 12 and 13, no person shall be appointed to such a rank in a police force unless he has at least 2 years' experience in some other force in the rank of superintendent or a higher rank.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/851/regulation/15",
    "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."
}