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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/schedule-8/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2011/13",
  "legislation_title": "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The police and crime commissioner—\n(a) must consider the panel's recommendation given under paragraph 15, and\n(b) having considered the recommendation, may accept or reject it.\n(2) The police and crime commissioner must notify the panel of the decision whether or not to accept the recommendation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 16 in force at 22.11.2012 by S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(e)"
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/schedule/8/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:09:27.716276+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."
}