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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-common-police-services-scotland-order-1987/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/1537",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Common Police Services) (Scotland) Order 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-common-police-services-scotland-order-1987",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 28th August 1987\nLaid before Parliament 9th September1987\nComing into force 1st October 1987\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 36(5) and 48(3) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, and after consultations in accordance with section 36(5) of that Act with such bodies or associations as appear to him to be representative of police authorities, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 77."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/1537/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."
}