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  "legislation": "asp/2012/8",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012",
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  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Constables: terms of office",
  "text": "A constable is to hold and vacate office in accordance with—\n(a) regulations made under section 48, and\n(b) any other enactment (for example, the Police Pensions Act 1976 (c.35) or section 14 of this Act) which makes provision in that regard.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "text": "S. 12 in force at 1.4.2013 by S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2"
    }
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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."
}