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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forensic-medical-services-victims-of-sexual-offences-scotland-act-2021-consequential-modifications-order-2022/article-4",
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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/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Operation of section 9 of the 2021 Act in relation to other police forces",
  "text": "In section 9 of the 2021 Act (transfer of evidence to police), after subsection (3) insert—\n“(4) In this section a reference to a constable includes a reference to a member of a service police force.\n(5) Where a constable of the British Transport Police or the Ministry of Defence Police has made a request under subsection (2), the health board must comply with the request as soon as reasonably practicable.”.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/261/article/4",
    "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."
}