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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996-scotland-order-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2146",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1996 (Scotland) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996-scotland-order-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 11th August 1996\nComing into force 21st August 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by paragraph 11(1) and (4) of Schedule 8 to, as read with section 104(3) of, the Police Act 1996 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16."
    }
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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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