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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/schedule-4B/paragraph-13",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/16",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996",
  "path": "schedule/4B/paragraph/13",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "13",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State shall consult with the persons and bodies listed in sub-paragraph (2), and any others that the Secretary of State thinks fit, before—\n(a) making or revising a determination under paragraph 2;\n(b) issuing or revising a statement of principles under paragraph 4;\n(c) giving or revising a direction under paragraph 11(2) or 12.\n(2) The persons and bodies are—\n(a) the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland;\n(b) persons whom the Secretary of State considers to represent the views of chief officers of police and of the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;\n(c) persons whom the Secretary of State considers to represent the interests of members of police forces;\n(d) persons whom the Secretary of State considers to represent the interests of members of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;\n(e) persons whom the Secretary of State considers to represent the views of the persons and bodies who between them maintain the police forces in England and Wales;\n(f) the Northern Ireland Policing Board.\n(3) The Minister shall consult with the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland before exercising a power of dismissal under paragraph 8, 9 or 10.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 4B inserted (E.W.N.I.) (1.9.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 132(2), 185(1), Sch. 7 (with ss. 21, 33, 42, 58, 75, 93); S.I. 2014/2125, art. 2(b)"
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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."
}