{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-regulations-2003/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2594",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Amendment) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-amendment-regulations-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 14th October 2003\nLaid before Parliament 16th October 2003\nComing into force 15th November 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 50 of the Police Act 1996 and section 79A of the Police Act 1997, and after taking into consideration the recommendations of the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom and supplying that Board with a draft of these Regulations in accordance with section 62(1) of the Police Act 1996, and after supplying a draft of these Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and taking into consideration their representations in accordance with section 63(3) of the Police Act 1996, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1997 c. 50; section 79A was inserted by section 89 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 62(1) was amended by sections 90(3) and 91(3) of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30): there are other amendments to section 62(1) which are not relevant to the subject matter of these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 63(3) was amended by section 134(1) of, and paragraphs 72 and 83(1) and (3) of Schedule 9 to, the Police Act 1997 and by sections 90(5), 91(5) and 134(1) of, and paragraph 17 of Schedule 7 to, the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2594/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."
}