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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-common-police-services-scotland-order-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/870",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Common Police Services) (Scotland) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-common-police-services-scotland-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 14th May 1989\nLaid before Parliament 31st May 1989\nComing into force 21st June 1989\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/1989/870/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."
}