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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1934",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Commencement No. 3) Order 1985",
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  "heading": null,
  "text": "Subject to Article 3 below, the provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (hereinafter called “the Act”) specified in the Schedule to this Order shall come into force on 1st January 1986 (hereinafter called “the commencement date”).",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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