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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-1996-code-of-practice-armed-forces-order-2009/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/989",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (Code of Practice) (Armed Forces) Order 2009",
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  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nPart 2 of the Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (“the 1996 Act”) makes provision relating to the preparation by the Secretary of State of a code of practice for specified purposes relating to the conduct of criminal investigations by civilian police officers.\nUnder section 78 of the 1996 Act the Secretary of State may by order make provision equivalent to provisions of, or made under, Part 2 of that Act in relation to investigations by the service police.\nThis Order revokes the existing order under section 78 and makes provision equivalent, subject to modifications, to provisions of Part 2 of the 1996 Act and the code made under it. The main modifications are to adjust the provisions in and under Part 2 of the 1996 Act to take account of the structure and operation of service courts and of the service police.\nThis Order and the code made under it differ from the existing order and code to reflect changes in the service courts made by the Armed Forces Act 2006.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/989/note",
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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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