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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-protocol-order-2023/schedule/paragraph-21",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/649",
  "legislation_title": "The Policing Protocol Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-protocol-order-2023",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": "The Chief Constable",
  "text": "The Chief Constable is responsible for maintaining the King’s peace, and has direction and control over the force’s officers and staff. The Chief Constable holds office under the Crown, but is appointed by the PCC except in London where the Commissioner and Deputy Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis are appointed by the King on the recommendation of the Home Secretary.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 21 in force at 3.7.2023, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/649/schedule/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:44:12.646496+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."
}