{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996/regulation-17.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/1996/473",
  "legislation_title": "Royal Ulster Constabulary Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/royal-ulster-constabulary-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Personal record of member leaving the force",
  "text": "(1) Where a member ceases to be a member he shall, unless he transfers to another police force, be given a certificate showing his rank and setting out the period of his service in the force and in any other police force.\n(2) The chief constable may append to the certificate any recommendation which he feels justified in giving, such as that—\nhis conduct was exemplary;\nhis conduct was very good;\nhis conduct was good.\n(3) Where a member ceases to be a member otherwise than by transferring to another police force, his personal record shall be kept for such time as the chief constable may think fit and shall then be destroyed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words added",
      "affecting": "nisr/2002/95",
      "affecting_title": "Police Service of Northern Ireland Regulations 2002"
    },
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "nisr/2004/122",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Service of Northern Ireland (Secondment) (Garda Síochána) Regulations 2004"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/473/regulation/17",
    "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."
}