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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-police-services-scotland-order-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/745",
  "legislation_title": "The Common Police Services (Scotland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/common-police-services-scotland-order-1996",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order replaces the Common Police Services (Scotland) Order 1995. The changes effected by this Order are consequential upon the establishment of joint police boards and the reorganisation of police areas by virtue of section 21B of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (as inserted by section 34 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994).\nSection 36(3) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967 (as substituted by section 59 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994) enables the Secretary of State to provide for the recovery from police authorities and joint police boards of expenses incurred by him in providing facilities or services under or by virtue of section 36(1) of the said Act of 1967.\nArticle 2 of the Order provides for the recovery of 50% of the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State in providing under or by virtue of section 36(1) of the said Act of 1967 the facilities and services specified in article 2(2).\nArticle 3 of the Order also provides for the application of provisions of article 2 to the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State for the purposes of police forces in Scotland generally on or in connection with the services or institutions specified in article 3.\nArticle 4 of the Order revokes, with a saving, the said Order of 1995.\nA copy of the Statistical Return Form MKA and the list of crimes and offences set out in Appendix 2C of the Criminal Statistics Handbook referred to in article 2 may be obtained free of charge from the Scottish Office Home Department, Police Division, St Andrew’s House, Edinburgh, EH1 3DG.",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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