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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-authorities-particular-functions-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/82",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Authorities (Particular Functions and Transitional Provisions) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-authorities-particular-functions-and-transitional-provisions-order-2008",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Particular Functions of a Police Authority",
  "text": "A police authority shall secure that arrangements are made for the police force maintained for its area to cooperate with other police forces where such cooperation would be —\n(a) in the interests of the efficiency or effectiveness of the police force maintained for its area; or\n(b) in the interests of the efficiency or effectiveness of one or more police forces maintained for the areas of other police authorities.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/82/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:37:48.225363+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."
}