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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/grampian-combined-police-area-amalgamation-scheme-order-1995/schedule/paragraph-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2639",
  "legislation_title": "The Grampian Combined Police Area Amalgamation Scheme Order 1995",
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  "path": "schedule/paragraph/2",
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  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this scheme, the following expressions, except where the context otherwise requires, shall have the meaning hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—\n“the Act” means the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;\n“appointed day” means 1st April 1996;\n“the board” means the joint police board constituted in terms of this scheme;\n“constituent authorities” means Aberdeenshire Council, Moray Council and Aberdeen City Council;\n“Grampian Police” means the police force maintained, immediately before 1st April 1996, by Grampian Regional Council and continued, on and after that date, by section 21B of the Act;\n“local government area” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(2) of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ssi/2011/148",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Grant (Carry-forward Percentages) (Scotland) Order 2011"
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      "affecting": "ssi/2011/148",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Grant (Carry-forward Percentages) (Scotland) Order 2011"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2639/schedule/paragraph/2",
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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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