{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996-local-policing-summaries-order-2006/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/122",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1996 (Local Policing Summaries) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996-local-policing-summaries-order-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 23rd January 2006\nLaid before Parliament 27th January 2006\nComing into force 1st April 2006\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8A(3) of the Police Act 1996.\nIn accordance with section 8A(6) of that Act he has consulted with persons whom he considers to represent the interests of police authorities, persons whom he considers to represent the interests of chief officers of police and such other persons as he thought fit.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16; section 8A was inserted by section 157 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/122/introduction",
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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."
}