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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1908",
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  "text": "If the Chief Officer of Police is satisfied that the nature of any property to which these Regulations apply is such that it is not in the public interest that it should be sold or retained, it shall be destroyed or otherwise disposed of in accordance with his directions.",
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      "affecting": "uksi/2006/594",
      "affecting_title": "The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Consequential and Supplementary Amendments to Secondary Legislation) Order 2006"
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