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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-forensic-science-service-trading-fund-order-1998/schedule-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/1998/0110797523",
  "legislation_title": "Forensic Science Service Trading Fund Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-forensic-science-service-trading-fund-order-1998",
  "path": "schedule/1",
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  "number": "1",
  "heading": "FUNDED OPERATIONS",
  "text": "The operations of the Home Department known as the Forensic Science Service are:\n(a) the provision of scientific support to the investigation of crime and expert evidence to the courts;\n(b) the exploitation of technical advances through research and development, and other means as appropriate, in the field of forensic science;\n(c) the provision of services in wider markets, including outside the United Kingdom, relating to scientific support to the administration of justice;\n(d) operations incidental, conducive or otherwise ancillary to the foregoing.",
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  "version": "current",
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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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