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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-police-services-scotland-order-1995/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/707",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Police Services (Scotland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-police-services-scotland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Common Police Services (Scotland) Order 1995 and shall come into force on 1st April 1995.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;\n“the aggregate expenditure” means the aggregate amount of the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in any financial year in providing the facilities and services under or by virtue of section 36(1) of the Act which are specified in article 2(3) below;\n“financial year” means the period of one year commencing on 1st April;\n“Statistical Return Form MKA” means the form transmitted by the chief constable to the Secretary of State pursuant to section 47(1)(a) of the Act which is prepared in accordance with the list of crimes and offences having effect in the relevant year which is set out in Appendix 2C of the Criminal Statistics Handbook issued by the Secretary of State to police authorities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "A copy of Form MKA and of the list of crimes and offences set out in Appendix 2C of the Criminal Statistics Handbook may be obtained free of charge from the Scottish Office Home and Health Department, Police Division, St. Andrew’s House, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 47(1) was amended by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29), section 62."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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