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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-guernsey-order-2009/schedule-1/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3215",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Guernsey) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-guernsey-order-2009",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 126 (interpretation of Part 5)—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) in the definition of “caution”, for “in England and Wales or Northern Ireland” substitute “in England and Wales, Northern Ireland or Guernsey ”,\n(ii) in the definition of “chief officer”, at the end of sub-paragraph (iii) insert—\n“, and\n(iv) the chief officer of the salaried Police Force of the Island of Guernsey, and\n(v) the chief officer of the States of Jersey Police Force;”,\n(iii) in the definition of “government department”, after “a Northern Ireland department” insert “and any department, council or committee (however called or styled) of the States of Guernsey, States of Alderney or the Chief Pleas of Sark including any statutory corporation or authority”,\n(iv) omit the definition of “Minister of the Crown”,\n(v) in the definition of “police force”, at the end of sub-paragraph (ii) insert—\n“and\n(iii) the salaried Police Force of the Island of Guernsey, and\n(iv) the States of Jersey Police Force;”;\n(b) for subsection (2) substitute—\n“(2) Subject to subsection (2A), a reference to an Act, or to a provision of an Act, shall be construed as a reference to that Act or provision, as the case may be, as it has effect in England and Wales from time to time.\n(2A) A reference to a provision of this Act extended to Guernsey by Order in Council shall be construed as a reference to that provision as it has effect in Guernsey.”;\n(c) omit subsections (3) and (4).",
  "extent": null,
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/1762",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Order 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/1762",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Order 2012"
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    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/1762",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Order 2012"
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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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