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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-appeals-tribunals-rules-1999/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/818",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-appeals-tribunals-rules-1999",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "The respondent",
  "text": "(1) The respondent on an appeal by a senior officer shall be a person designated for the purpose by the relevant police authority.\n(2) The respondent on an appeal by a member of a police force who is not a senior officer shall be the chief officer of that force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "modified",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2630",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Appeals Tribunals Rules 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2011/3029",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Appeals Tribunals (Amendment: Metropolitan Police) Rules 2011 (revoked)"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/818/article/4",
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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."
}