{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-no2-regulations-1987/regulation-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-no2-regulations-1987/regulation-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1914",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment (No.2) Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-no2-regulations-1987",
  "path": "regulation/7",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Qualifications for appointment of chief constable",
  "text": "In regulation 8(1) of the principal Regulations (qualifications for appointment of chief constable) for sub-paragraphs (a) and (d) there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraphs:—\n“(a) is serving in a police force and has had at least 2 years' experience in the substantive rank of assistant chief constable, or in a higher rank, in a police force other than the force for which the appointment is required, before the date on which the appointment shall take effect;” and\n“(d) has not attained the age of 55 on or before the date on which the appointment shall take effect:\nProvided that a person who has attained that age may be appointed if he has served in another police force as chief constable of that force;”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1914/regulation/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:18:24.004160+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."
}