{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/section-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/section-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/16",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996",
  "path": "section/2",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Maintenance of police forces.",
  "text": "(1) A police force shall be maintained for every police area for the time being listed in Schedule 1.\n(2) For further provision about the maintenance of those police forces, see Chapter 1 of Part 1 of the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2(1): s. 2 renumbered as s. 2(1) (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 4(2); S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 2(2) inserted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 4(3); S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/16/section/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:17.766939+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."
}