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  "legislation": "ukpga/2013/22",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Courts Act 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-courts-act-2013",
  "path": "section/15",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": "Abolition of SOCA and NPIA",
  "text": "(1) The Serious Organised Crime Agency is abolished.\n(2) The National Policing Improvement Agency is abolished.\n(3) Schedule 8 (abolition of SOCA and NPIA) has effect.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 15(3) in force at 8.5.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1042, art. 2(g)"
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      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 15(3) in force at 27.5.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1042, art. 3(h)"
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      "label": "I4",
      "text": "S. 15(3) in force at 7.10.2013 for specified purposes by S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(u)"
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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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