{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/regulation-72",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/regulation-72.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/851",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/72",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "72",
  "heading": "Provision of house or quarters",
  "text": "(1) A member of a police force who is not paid a rent allowance under regulation 49(1) shall be provided with a house or quarters free of rent and rates:\nProvided that—\n(a) a member to whom regulation 50 applies may be provided with quarters as aforesaid notwithstanding that he is paid a rent allowance under regulation 49(1) as modified by regulation 50(2);\n(b) a member shall not be provided with a house or quarters if that member is on unpaid leave.\n(2) Where 2 members of a police force are married to each other (and not separated) the provision made in their case in pursuance of paragraph (1) may comprise the provision to them jointly of a house or married quarters free of rent and rates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "amended",
      "affecting": "uksi/1990/401",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Amendment) Regulations 1990"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1994/2195",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 1994"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/851/regulation/72",
    "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."
}