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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-commencement-no-1-transitional-transitory-and-saving-provisions-order-2012/article-6",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2012/253",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional, Transitory and Saving Provisions) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-fire-reform-scotland-act-2012-commencement-no-1-transitional-transitory-and-saving-provisions-order-2012",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Transitory: consultation requirements",
  "text": "(1) This article has effect until the day on which paragraph 33(11) of schedule 7 to the 2012 Act (interpretation) comes into force.\n(2) For the purposes of section 66 of the 2012 Act (investigations: procedure), the following terms in the section inserted by that section have the following meanings—\n“chief constable” means the chief constable appointed under section 7 of the 2012 Act;\n“senior officers” means chief constables, deputy chief constables and assistant chief constables of police forces established under the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;\n“superintendents” and “chief superintendents” mean superintendents and chief superintendents of police forces established under the Police (Scotland) Act 1967; and\n“the Authority” means the Scottish Police Authority.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2012/253/article/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:42:55.747858+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."
}