{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-2009/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2009/372",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Consequential provision",
  "text": "(1) A person who at the time these Regulations come into force holds the rank of assistant chief constable in a police force shall cease to hold that rank subject to a fixed term.\n(2) Paragraph (1) is without prejudice to any provision whereby a term of appointment comes to an end on retirement, promotion, dismissal, resignation, the conclusion of disciplinary proceedings or transfer to another police force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/372/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:59:09.136756+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."
}