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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-police-amalgamation-amendment-no-2-scheme-order-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/662",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Police (Amalgamation) Amendment (No. 2) Scheme Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-police-amalgamation-amendment-no-2-scheme-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 16th March 1990\nLaid before Parliament 28th March 1990\nComing into force 1st April 1990\nWHEREAS, in pursuance of section 21A(2) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, the Northern Police (Amalgamation) Scheme 1975, as set out in the Schedule to the Northern Police (Amalgamation) Order 1975, amalgamated, for police purposes, the police areas of the Highland region and the islands areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles into a combined area known as the Northern Police area;\nAND WHEREAS, the councils of the Highland region and of the islands areas of Orkney, Shetland and the Western Isles, being the police authorities for the police areas comprised within the Northern Police area, have submitted to the Secretary of State a scheme for the further amendment of the said scheme of 1975 under sections 19 and 21(1) of the said Act of 1967;\nNOW THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 19 and 21(1) of the said Act of 1967 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary State hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 77; section 21A was inserted by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), section 146(7)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1975/632; amended by S.I. 1982/231."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Sections 19 and 21 of the 1967 Act were applied by section 21A(4) of that Act."
    }
  ],
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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."
}