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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-health-and-safety-act-1997/section-9",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/42",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Health and Safety) Act 1997",
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  "path": "section/9",
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  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Short title, commencement and extent.",
  "text": "(1) This Act may be cited as the Police (Health and Safety) Act 1997.\n(2) This Act, apart from sections 7 and 8 and this section, shall not come into force until such day as the Secretary of State may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be appointed for different purposes.\n(3) Section 7 extends to Northern Ireland, but the other provisions of this Act do not extend there.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "P",
      "label": "P1",
      "text": "S. 9(2) power fully exercised (23.6.1998): 1.7.1998 appointed day by S.I. 1998/1542, art. 2"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/42/section/9",
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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."
}