{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/354",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998",
  "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. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998.\n(2) This Order shall come into force on 18th March 1998.\n(3) In this Order—\n“the 1997 Act” means the Police Act 1997;\n“nominated person” means a person nominated and appointed under article 4(4) below;\n“police authority” means a police authority under section 3 of the Police Act 1996; and\n“property” includes money and all other property, real or personal.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/354/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:26.572253+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."
}