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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-and-social-responsibility-act-2011/section-76",
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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": "section/76",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "76",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter 6",
  "text": "In this Chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless the context otherwise requires—\n“appropriate officer” has the meaning given by section 75;\n“elector”—\n(a)in relation to an election of a police and crime commissioner, means a person entitled to vote at the election;\n(b)in relation to a local government election, has the same meaning as in the Representation of the People Act 1983 (see section 202 of that Act);\n“electoral area” has the same meaning as in that Act as it applies in relation to England and Wales (see section 203 of that Act);\n“local government election” has the same meaning as in that Act as it applies in relation to England and Wales (see section 203 of that Act);\n“local government elector” means a person registered as a local government elector in the register of electors in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Acts;\n“ordinary election” has the meaning given in section 50;\n“police area returning officer” has the meaning given by section 54.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 76 in force at 25.4.2012 by S.I. 2012/1129, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2011/13/section/76",
    "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."
}