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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-justice-act-2006/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/48",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Justice Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-justice-act-2006",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“the 1976 Act” means the Police Pensions Act 1976 (c. 35);\n“1976 Act scheme” means a pension scheme established by regulations under section 1 of the 1976 Act (pensions for police in Great Britain);\n“the 1998 Act” means the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (c. 32);\n“1998 Act scheme” means a pension scheme established by regulations under section 25(2)(k) of the 1998 Act (pensions for members of Police Service of Northern Ireland) or section 26(2)(g) of that Act (pensions for members of Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve);\n“police pension scheme” means a 1976 Act scheme or a 1998 Act scheme;\n“police pensions regulations” means—\n(a)regulations under section 1 of the 1976 Act;\n(b)regulations under section 25(2)(k) or 26(2)(g) of the 1998 Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 31.12.2007 by S.I. 2007/3203, art. 3(b)"
    }
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:30.533055+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."
}