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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-regulations-2004/regulation-20",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "regulation/20",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "20",
  "heading": "Duty to carry out lawful orders",
  "text": "Every member of a police force shall carry out all lawful orders and shall at all times punctually and promptly perform all appointed duties and attend to all matters within the scope of that member’s office as a constable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/257/regulation/20",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:31:01.785445+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."
}