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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-1997/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/2390",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provisions-order-1997",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transitional provision about the Deputy Directors General",
  "text": "Sections 8(1) and 54(1) of the 1997 Act shall have effect as if the references to a member of NCIS and a member of National Crime Squad appointed under section 9 and section 55 respectively were references to an appointment made which takes effect on 1st April 1998.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/354",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2390/article/4",
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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."
}