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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotionamendment-regulations-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/273",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Promotion)(Amendment) Regulations 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-promotionamendment-regulations-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "police, england and wales\nMade 7th February 2008\nLaid before Parliament 11th February 2008\nComing into force 7th March 2008\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 50 of the Police Act 1996, and after supplying a draft of the Regulations to the Police Advisory Board for England and Wales and taking into consideration any representations made by that Board in accordance with section 63(3) of the Police Act 1996, makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16; there are amendments to section 50 which are not relevant to these Regulations."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 63(3) was substituted by the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c.15), section 59, Schedule 4, paragraphs 68, 78(1) and 78(3) and amended by the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c.48), section 1(3), Schedule 1, Part 7, paragraphs 61, 68(1) and 68(3)."
    }
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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."
}