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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-police-act-2001-amendment-and-police-reform-act-2002-modification-order-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2540",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (Amendment) and Police Reform Act 2002 (Modification) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-police-act-2001-amendment-and-police-reform-act-2002-modification-order-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES\nPOLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 27th September 2004\nComing into force in accordance with article 1(3) and (4)\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 1(2) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 and paragraph 15A(1) of Schedule 4 and paragraph 9A(1) of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002, hereby makes the following Order, a draft of which has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2001 c. 16. The powers in section 1(2) are extended by section 1(3)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c. 30. Both paragraph 15A of Schedule 4 and paragraph 9A of Schedule 5 to the Police Reform Act 2002 were inserted by section 89 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2540/introduction",
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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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