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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-training-centre-rules-1998/rule-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-training-centre-rules-1998/rule-37.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/472",
  "legislation_title": "The Secure Training Centre Rules 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/secure-training-centre-rules-1998",
  "path": "rule/37",
  "kind": "rule",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Use of force",
  "text": "(1) An officer in dealing with a trainee shall not use force unnecessarily and, when the application of force to a trainee is necessary, no more force than is necessary shall be used.\n(2) No officer shall act deliberately in a manner calculated to provoke a trainee.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/472/rule/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:36:40.676139+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."
}