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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-scotland-regulations-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2002/143",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Scotland) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-scotland-regulations-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 22nd March 2002\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 22nd March 2002\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1(2)\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by the provisions of the Police Act 1997 which are specified in Schedule 1 to these Regulations 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 powers conferred by the provisions in Schedule 1 transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2002/143/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."
}