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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-minimum-age-for-appointment-regulations-2006/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-minimum-age-for-appointment-regulations-2006/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2006/2278",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Minimum Age for Appointment) Regulations 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-minimum-age-for-appointment-regulations-2006",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "police, england and wales\nMade 22nd August 2006\nLaid before Parliament 29th August 2006\nComing into force 19th September 2006\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50 and 51 of the Police Act 1996.\nIn accordance with section 63(3) of that Act he has supplied a draft of regulations 1 and 3 to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and has taken into consideration their representations.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c.16; there are amendments to sections 50 and 51 which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "There are amendments to section 63 which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/2278/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."
}