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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011-commencement-no-5-order-2012/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1129",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (Commencement No. 5) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011-commencement-no-5-order-2012",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 25th April 2012",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 25th April 2012—\n(a) section 28(1) and (10) (police and crime panels outside London);\n(b) Chapter 6 of Part 1, to the extent not already in force (police and crime commissioners: elections and vacancies);\n(c) section 77 (the strategic policing requirement);\n(d) Chapter 1 of Part 2, to the extent not already in force (amendments of the Licensing Act 2003), with the exception of sections 119 and 121;\n(e) Schedule 6 (police and crime panels);\n(f) Schedule 9 (supplementary vote system);\n(g) Schedule 10 (elections of police and crime commissioners: consequential amendments), with the exception of paragraph 12.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1129/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:33:14.523980+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."
}