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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-special-constables-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2008/117",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Special Constables) (Scotland) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-special-constables-scotland-regulations-2008",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Retirement",
  "text": "(1) A special constable who wishes to retire voluntarily must give such written notice of intention to retire to the chief constable as may be specified in a determination made by the Scottish Ministers or such shorter notice as may have been accepted by the chief constable.\n(2) Subject to regulation 30(2) and (3)(b), a special constable must retire at the age of 60 years.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2009/372",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
    },
    {
      "type": "inserted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2009/372",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2009"
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/117/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:07:54.880197+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."
}