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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/note",
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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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force for all purposes on 1st April 1998 most of the provisions of Parts I, II and IV of the Police Act 1997 which are not currently in force or, as the case may be, which are in force for certain purposes only.\nArticle 3 provides for the transfer of employees from the Crown, the Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis or a police authority (as the case may be) to the National Crime Squad Service Authority, the NCIS Service Authority and PITO (as the case may be). Articles 4 and 5 provide for the transfer of property from the Crown or the Receiver of the Metropolitan Police District to the NCIS Service Authority or PITO and from a police authority to the National Crime Squad Service Authority on or after 1st April 1998. Article 6 provides for a person nominated under article 4 to determine any dispute arising under that article. Article 7 makes provision in respect of revocations. Article 8 makes a transitional provision in respect of basic credit approvals for the National Crime Squad.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/354/note",
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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."
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