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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964/schedule-1B/paragraph-27",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/48",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964",
  "path": "schedule/1B/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Schedule, a council is a “relevant council” in relation to a police authority if—\n(a) it is the council for a county, district, county borough or London borough which constitutes, or is wholly within, the authority’s police area, and\n(b) in the case of a district council, the district is not in a county having a county council within paragraph (a).\n(2) In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) of this paragraph whether a county or district is wholly within a police area, any part of the county or district which is within the metropolitan police district shall be disregarded.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (31.1.1995 with effect as mentioned in art. 5(2)(a) of the amending S.I) by S.I. 1995/187 art. 5(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (1.3.1995 with effect as mentioned in art. 12(2)(a) of the amending S.I) by S.I. 1995/493 art. 12(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (8.3.1995 with effect as mentioned in art. 11(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/610, art. 11(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (12.7.1995 with effect as mentioned in art. 4(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1769, art. 4(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (12.7.1995 with effect as mentioned in art. 6(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1770, art. 6(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (12.7.1995 with effect as mentioned in art. 4(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1771, art. 4(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (12.7.1995 with effect 1.10.1996 as mentioned in art. 4(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1772, art. 4(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (12.7.1995 with effect 1.10.1996 as mentioned in art. 4(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1773, art. 4(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (12.7.1995 with effect 1.10.1996 as mentioned in art. 4(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1774, art. 4(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (12.7.1995 with effect 1.10.1996 as mentioned in art. 4(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1775, art. 4(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (12.7.1995 with effect 1.10.1996 as mentioned in art. 4(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/1776, art. 4(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) modified (12.7.1995 with effect 1.10.1996 as mentioned in art. 4(2)(a) of the amending S.I.) by 1995/1779, art. 6(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) applied (with modifications) (11.12.1995) by S.I. 1995/2864, art. 4(2)(a)Sch. 1B para. 27(1) applied (with modifications) (1.3.1996 with effect as mentioned in art. 4(2) of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1996/507, art. 4(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."
}