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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2012/9780111525302",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Crime Commissioner Elections Order 2012",
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  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/16",
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  "number": "16",
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  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument make such amendments of Part 1 or 2 of this Schedule as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(2) Any order under sub-paragraph (1) may not be made unless a draft of the order has been laid before, and approved by a resolution of, each House of Parliament.\n(3) The Secretary of State may make an order under sub-paragraph (1) either—\n(a) where the order gives effect to a recommendation of the Commission, or\n(b) after consultation with the Commission.\n(4) For the purposes of section 1 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 (definition of “Statutory Instrument”), the power to make an order which is conferred by sub-paragraph (1) is to be taken to be conferred by an Act of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
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  "annotations": [
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1946 9&10 Geo.6 (c.36)."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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