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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-property-regulations-northern-ireland-1997/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "nisr/1997/448",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Property) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-property-regulations-northern-ireland-1997",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "The following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them—\n“the Act” means the Police (Property) Act 1897;\n“the Authority” means the Police Authority for Northern Ireland;\n“the chief constable” means the chief constable of the Royal Ulster Constabulary;\n“the Order” means the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1997/448/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:26:47.806310+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."
}