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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1997/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1930",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-3-and-transitional-provisions-order-1997",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997 and shall come into force on 1st September 1997.\n(2) In this Order “the 1997 Act” means the Police Act 1997.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1930/article/1",
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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."
}