{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/473",
  "legislation_title": "Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Retirement",
  "text": "(1) Without prejudice to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (3) and subject to paragraph (2), a member may retire only if he has given to the Police Authority a month’s written notice of his intention to retire or such shorter notice as may have been accepted by that Authority:\nProvided that, while suspended under the Discipline Regulations, a member may not, without the consent of the chief constable, give notice for the purposes of this regulation or retire in pursuance of a notice previously given.\n(2) In the case of a chief constable, deputy chief constable or assistant chief constable, paragraph (1) shall have effect as if—\n(a) for “a month's” there shall be substituted “three months' ”; and\n(b) for “chief constable” there were substituted “Police Authority”.\n(3) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—\n(a) the provisions of section 7 of the Act relating to retirement in the interests of efficiency;\n(b) the provisions of the Pensions Regulations relating to compulsory retirement; and\n(c) the provisions of the Discipline Regulations relating to resignation as an alternative to dismissal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/473/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:33:07.933033+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."
}