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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-security-act-2023-consequential-amendments-of-primary-legislation-regulations-2023/schedule/paragraph-18",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348252491",
  "legislation_title": "The National Security Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments of Primary Legislation) Regulations 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-national-security-act-2023-consequential-amendments-of-primary-legislation-regulations-2023",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Police Act 1997",
  "text": "In the Police Act 1997, in the Schedule 8A inserted by the Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/423), after paragraph 36, insert—\n“National security\n36A An offence under sections 1 to 4, 12, 13, 17 or 18 of the National Security Act 2023.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Schedule 8A was inserted by Article 3(8) of the Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/423) (Schedule 8A is not currently in force)."
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:42:38.874244+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}