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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-welsh-language-regulations-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/117",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Welsh Language) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-welsh-language-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 21st January 2003\nLaid before Parliament 27th January 2003\nComing into force 17th February 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 113 to 116 of the Police Act 1997, as extended by 26(3) of the Welsh Language Act 1993, and having regard to the meaning of “prescribed” in sections 113(1)(a), 114(1)(a), 115(1)(a) and 116(1)(a) of the Police Act 1997, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1993 c. 38."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/117/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."
}