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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-application-to-customs-and-excise-amendment-order-northern-ireland-1996/note",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1996/292",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to Customs and Excise) (Amendment) Order (Northern Ireland) 1996",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order.)\nIn consequence of the abolition of certain civil service grades and the introduction of job titles and a pay-band system for officers of HM Customs and Excise, this Order amends the Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to Customs and Excise) Order (Northern Ireland) 1989 by applying the equivalent job titles and pay-banding, as appropriate, of officers of HM Customs and Excise to equivalent ranks of constables and police officers.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1996/292/note",
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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."
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