{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-provisions-in-relation-to-the-ncis-service-authority-order-1998/article-I3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/633",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Provisions in relation to the NCIS Service Authority) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-provisions-in-relation-to-the-ncis-service-authority-order-1998",
  "path": "article/I3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "I3",
  "heading": "Consents to land transactions by the Authority and protection of purchasers",
  "text": "(1) Where the consent of the Secretary of State is required under article 12 above, that consent may be given—\n(a) in relation to any particular transaction or transactions or in relation to a particular class of transactions; and\n(b) either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may specify (either generally, or in relation to any particular transaction or transactions or class of transactions).\n(2) Where under the foregoing provisions of this Part or under any other enactment the Authority purport to acquire, appropriate or dispose of land, then—\n(a) in favour of any person claiming under the Authority, the acquisition, appropriation or disposal so purporting to be made shall not be invalid by reason that any consent of the Secretary of State which is required thereto has not been given or that any requirement as to advertisement or consideration of objections has not been complied with, and\n(b) a person dealing with the Authority or a person claiming under the Authority shall not be concerned to see or enquire whether any such consent has been given or whether any such requirement has been complied with.\n(3) A decision of the Secretary of State under this article shall be final.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/633/article/I3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:35:22.175644+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}