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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forensic-medical-services-victims-of-sexual-offences-scotland-act-2021-consequential-modifications-order-2022/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/261",
  "legislation_title": "The Forensic Medical Services (Victims of Sexual Offences) (Scotland) Act 2021 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forensic-medical-services-victims-of-sexual-offences-scotland-act-2021-consequential-modifications-order-2022",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of section 2 of the 2021 Act to other police forces",
  "text": "In section 2 of the 2021 Act (the examination service), after subsection (11) insert—\n“(12) In this section a reference to a constable includes a reference to—\n(a) a member of a service police force;\n(b) a constable of the Ministry of Defence Police;\n(c) a constable of the British Transport Police.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 375 of the Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52) defines service police force. Section 1 of the Ministry of Defence Police Act 1987 (c. 4) defines the Ministry of Defence Police and the persons who are members of that police force. Section 24 of the Railways and Safety Act 2003 (c. 20) defines who is a constable of the British Transport Police."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/261/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:59.585987+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."
}