{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-19",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995/regulation-19.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/215",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-1995",
  "path": "regulation/19",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Personal record of member leaving force",
  "text": "(1) Where a member of a police force ceases to be a member of that police force the member shall, unless he transfers to another police force, be given a certificate showing his rank and setting out the period of his service in that police force and in any other police force.\n(2) The chief officer of police may append to the certificate any recommendation which he feels justified in giving, such as that—\nhis conduct was exemplary;\nhis conduct was very good;\nhis conduct was good.\n(3) Where a member of a police force ceases to be a member of that police force, otherwise than by transferring to another police force, his personal record shall be kept for such time as the chief officer of police may think fit and shall then be destroyed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/215/regulation/19",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:17:38.937189+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."
}