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  "legislation_title": "Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011",
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  "number": "78",
  "heading": "General duty of Secretary of State",
  "text": "The Secretary of State must exercise the powers conferred by this Part in such manner and to such extent as appears to the Secretary of State to be best calculated to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of the police.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "S. 78 in force at 15.11.2011 by S.I. 2011/2515, art. 3(a)"
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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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