{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003/regulation-45",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003/regulation-45.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/527",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-regulations-2003",
  "path": "regulation/45",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "45",
  "heading": "Issue of uniform and equipment",
  "text": "The Secretary of State shall determine the circumstances in which and the conditions subject to which uniform and equipment is to be issued by the local policing body to a member of a police force of the rank of constable or sergeant, and in making such a determination the Secretary of State may confer on the local policing body discretion—\n(a) to specify the type of uniform and equipment to be issued;\n(b) to issue uniform and equipment to members of the police force in ranks other than constable or sergeant.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 45 substituted (16.1.2012 in relation to the Metropolitan police district; 22.11.2012 in relation to the other police areas in E.W.) by The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/3026), regs. 1(1), 4(2)(s)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/527/regulation/45",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:30:34.247026+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."
}