{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-conduct-regulations-2000/schedule-4/paragraph-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-conduct-regulations-2000/schedule-4/paragraph-11.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2000/315",
  "legislation_title": "The Royal Ulster Constabulary (Conduct) Regulations 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-conduct-regulations-2000",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Sobriety",
  "text": "Whilst on duty officers must be sober. Officers should not consume alcohol when on duty unless specifically authorised to do so or it becomes necessary for the proper discharge of police duty.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 4 para. 11 in operation at 6.11.2000, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The onus to remain sober applies when the officer is off duty but has agreed to be available for recall to duty to deal with matters which might occur within the area(s) he/she has agreed to cover. It does not apply to the general 24-hour responsibility officers have for their own command area/department."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "An officer who is unexpectedly called out for duty should be able, at no risk of discredit, to say that he or she has had too much to drink."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2000/315/schedule/4/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:14:18.281239+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."
}