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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-testing-for-substance-misuse-regulations-northern-ireland-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2008/325",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Testing for Substance Misuse) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-testing-for-substance-misuse-regulations-northern-ireland-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese regulations make provision for drug and alcohol tests for police officers serving in the PSNI and PSNI Reserve, police trainees and police reserve trainees.\nThe regulations also require applicants to pass a drug test before being appointed as police officers, police trainees or police reserve trainees.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2008/325/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:35:17.698219+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."
}