{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/regulation-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/regulation-8.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/851",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Ranks",
  "text": "(1) The ranks of a police force shall be known by the following designations:—\nChief Constable.\nDeputy Chief Constable.\nAssistant Chief Constable or Commander.\nChief Superintendent.\nSuperintendent.\nChief Inspector.\nInspector.\nSergeant.\nConstable.\n(2) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (1), in the metropolitan police force ranks other than those specified in that paragraph may be adopted with the approval of the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/851/regulation/8",
    "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."
}