{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-trainee-regulations-northern-ireland-2001/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2001/369",
  "legislation_title": "Police Trainee Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-trainee-regulations-northern-ireland-2001",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Conditions for appointment as constable",
  "text": "A person shall not be appointed to the rank of constable in the Police Service of Northern Ireland unless he has—\n(a) completed a period of service as a police trainee of 145 days or such longer period as may be specified by the Chief Constable;\n(b) obtained such qualification in police studies as may be specified by the Chief Constable; and\n(c) completed, to such standard as the Chief Constable considers satisfactory, such other training for service as a police officer as may be specified by the Chief Constable.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 3 in operation at 2.11.2001, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2020/65",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Trainee (Amendment) (Coronavirus) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2020"
    },
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2025/35",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Trainee (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2025"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "nisr/2003/436",
      "affecting_title": "Police Trainee (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2001/369/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:10:08.377319+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."
}