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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-property-regulations-1997/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1908",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Property) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-property-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In these Regulations:\n“the relevant authority” means\n(a) in relation to a police area in England and Wales listed in Schedule 1 to the Police Act 1996 or the City of London police area, the police authority (within the meaning of that Act);\n(b) in relation to the metropolitan police district, the Receiver for the Metropolitan Police District;\n“the 1897 Act” means the Police (Property) Act 1897.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16."
    }
  ],
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      "affecting_title": "The Police (Property) (Amendment) Regulations 2002"
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1908/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:58:54.767709+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}