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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-7-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/1097",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 7) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-7-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 16th March 2001\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 135 of the Police Act 1997, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 50."
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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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