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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2013/article-9",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2013/9780111533567",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-consequential-provisions-and-modifications-order-2013",
  "path": "article/9",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "1Causing disaffection",
  "text": "(1) It is an offence—\n(a) to cause disaffection amongst the members of a relevant police force; or\n(b) to induce a member of a relevant police force to withhold services.\n(2) A person who is guilty of an offence under paragraph (1) is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a period not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 2 years.\n(3) A person convicted of an offence under paragraph (1) is disqualified from being and from ever becoming a member of a relevant police force.\n(4) A “member of a relevant police force” means—\n(a) a constable of the Police Service of Scotland;\n(b) a member of the British Transport Police Force;\n(c) a member of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2013/9780111533567/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T14:50:36.130459+00:00"
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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."
}