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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-police-act-1856/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-police-act-1856/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/19-20/2",
  "legislation_title": "Metropolitan Police Act 1856",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-police-act-1856",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "An Act to amend the Acts relating to the Metropolitan Police.\n[28th February 1856]",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Short title given by Short Titles Act 1896 (c. 14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Act amended by Metropolitan Police Act 1933 (c. 33), s. 1 (which Act itself is repealed (E.W.) by Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c. 32, SIF39:1), s. 35)"
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    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Preamble repealed by Administration of Justice Act 1973 (c. 15), Sch. 5 Pt. II"
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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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