{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-areas-wales-order-1995/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-areas-wales-order-1995/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2864",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Areas (Wales) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-areas-wales-order-1995",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 3rd November 1995\nLaid before Parliament 13th November 1995\nComing into force:\nArticles 1 and 4 11th December 1995\nRemainder of Order 1st April 1996\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 21A and 21C of the Police Act 1964 and after consultation in accordance with section 21A(3) of that Act, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1964 c. 48; section 21A was substituted by section 14 of the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29) and the powers in section 21A include the powers in section 21C, as so substituted."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2864/introduction",
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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."
}