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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-services-appointments-and-promotion-scotland-amendment-regulations-1997/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1437",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire Services (Appointments and Promotion) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1997",
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  "path": "introduction",
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  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FIRE SERVICES\nMade 5th June 1997\nLaid before Parliament 9th June 1997\nComing into force 30th June 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 18(1) of the Fire Services Act 1947, and after consultation with the Scottish Central Fire Brigades Advisory Council, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1947 c. 41; section 18 was amended by the Fire Services Act 1959 (c. 44), section 6 and Schedule."
    }
  ],
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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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