{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/regulation-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987/regulation-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/851",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Beats, sections, sub-divisions and divisions",
  "text": "The area to which a constable is assigned for duty either generally or for a particular period of hours shall be known as a beat; a number of beats grouped for supervision by a sergeant or an inspector shall be known as a section; a number of sections grouped for supervision by an inspector, chief inspector or superintendent shall be known as a sub-division; a number of sections or sub-divisions grouped for supervision by a chief superintendent shall be known as a division.",
  "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/9",
    "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."
}