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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-8-scotland-order-2001/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2001/482",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 8) (Scotland) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-8-scotland-order-2001",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 20th December 2001\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 135(1) and (2)(a) of the Police Act 1997, hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 50. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/482/introduction",
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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."
}