{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964/section-27",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1964/48",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1964",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1964",
  "path": "section/27",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Part I.",
  "text": "In this Part of this Act, except where the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby respectively assigned to them, that is to say—\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n. . .\n“magistrate” has the same meaning as in the Justices of the Peace Act 1949;\n. . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Definition of “amalgamation scheme”in s. 27 repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 93, Sch.9 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Definition of “consolidation agreement” repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), Sch. 30"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Definition of “constituent area”in s. 27 repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 93, Sch. 9 pt. I; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Definition of “constituent authority”in s. 27 repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 93, Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Definition of “local fund”in s. 27 repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 93, Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Definition of “officer”in s. 27 repealed (1.4.1995) by 1994 c. 29, s. 93, Sch. 9 Pt. I; S.I. 1994/3262, art. 4, Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1949 c. 101."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1964/48/section/27",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:59:29.550126+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}