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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-police-authority-regulations-2008/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/631",
  "legislation_title": "The Metropolitan Police Authority Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/metropolitan-police-authority-regulations-2008",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations make provision for the membership of the Metropolitan Police Authority established under the Police Act 1996.\nPart 1 of the Regulations provides that they apply in respect of the members of the Metropolitan Police Authority appointed on or after 1st October 2008 and makes transitional provisions. Part 2 of the Regulations provides for the appointment of Metropolitan Police Authority members, for the appointment of chairman and vice-chairman, for the disqualification of members, their tenure of office, the validity of their acts and their allowances and those of the authorities’ standards committee. Part 3 of the Regulations provides for the establishment of a selection panel to nominate persons for appointment as independent members of the Metropolitan Police Authority and for provisions governing the how that panel advertises for and makes such nominations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/631/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:34:39.486903+00:00"
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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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