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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-provisions-in-relation-to-the-ncis-service-authority-order-1998/article-J10",
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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/J10",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "J10",
  "heading": "All staff to be appointed on merit",
  "text": "(1) Every appointment of a person to a paid office or employment under the Authority shall be made on merit.\n(2) Paragraph (1) above applies to all appointments made by, or by any committee or sub-committee of, the Authority but has effect subject to—\n(a) section 7 of the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 (discrimination permitted in relation to employment where sex of employee is a genuine occupational qualification);\n(b) section 5 of the Race Relations Act 1976 (discrimination permitted in relation to employment where being of a particular racial group is a genuine occupational qualification);\n(c) sections 5 and 6 of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (meaning of discrimination and duty to make adjustments); and\n(d) article F2 above (qualifications of responsible officer).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1975 c. 65."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1976 c. 74."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1995 c. 50."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/633/article/J10",
    "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."
}