{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-1998-modification-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "nisr/2003/376",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Northern Ireland) Act 1998 (Modification) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-1998-modification-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 12th August 2003\nLaid before Parliament 13th August 2003\nComing into operation 8th September 2003\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 36A(4) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 and after consulting, in accordance with section 36A(5) of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000, the Northern Ireland Policing Board and the Police Association for Northern Ireland, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 32; section 36A was inserted by section 24 of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2003 (c. 6)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2003/376/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."
}