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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-amendment-no-3-regulations-2003/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2716",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-amendment-no-3-regulations-2003",
  "path": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations amend the Police Pensions Regulations 1987, which provide for the superannuation of members of police forces, as they have effect in England and Wales.\nThese Regulations make a number of changes consequential on the implementation of section 126 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16) which made provision for the Director Generals and police members of the National Criminal Intelligence Service and National Crime Squad to become members of the Police Pension Scheme.\nThe amendments are backdated to 1st April 2002 as permitted by section 1(5) of the Police Pensions Act 1976.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2716/note",
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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."
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