{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1996/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/3232",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-amendment-regulations-1996",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 19th December 1996\nLaid before Parliament 24th December 1996\nComing into force 14th January 1997\nThe Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 26 of the Police Act 1967 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after taking into consideration any representations made by the Police Advisory Board for Scotland following the submission of a draft of the Regulations in accordance with section 26(9) of the said Act of 1967, and after taking into consideration any recommendations made by the Police Negotiating Board for the United Kingdom and supplying the said Board with a draft of the Regulations in accordance with section 62(1) of the Police Act 1996, hereby makes the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 77; section 26(9) was amended by the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10), section 2(4); section 26(1A) and (10) were inserted by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60), section 111; section 26(1) was amended by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29) (“the 1994 Act”), section 53(1); section 26(2) was amended by the 1994 Act, section 47(5) and Schedule 9; section 26(2A) to (2C) were inserted by the 1994 Act, section 52(3); section 26(5A) was inserted by the 1994 Act, section 53(1); section 26(7) was repealed by the 1994 Act, section 52(4) and Schedule 9."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1996 c. 16."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/3232/introduction",
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  "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."
}