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  "legislation_title": "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011",
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  "text": "In the Drugs Act 2005, in section 19 (interpretation), for subsection (7) substitute—\n“(7) Police support officer” means—\n(a) persons appointed by a chief constable under paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (civilian staff of police forces outside London), and\n(b) persons appointed by the Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis under paragraph 1 of Schedule 4 to that Act (civilian staff of metropolitan police force).”.",
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  "version": "current",
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      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 16 para. 340 in force at 16.1.2012 by S.I. 2011/3019, art. 3, Sch. 1 (with Sch. 2 para. 77)"
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      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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