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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-registration-scotland-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/23",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Registration) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-registration-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 23rd January 2002\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 28th January 2002\nComing into force 18th February 2002\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 120(3) of the Police Act 1997 and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "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)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/23/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."
}