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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-regulations-2004/introduction",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2004/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Scotland) Regulations 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-scotland-regulations-2004",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 2nd June 2004\nLaid before the Scottish Parliament 3rd June 2004\nComing into force 25th June 2004\nThe Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 7(1), 16, 26, 27 and 48(1) of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967, section 82(4) of the Police Reform Act 2002 and of all other powers enabling them 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(1ZA) of the Police Act 1996, hereby make the following Regulations:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c. 77; section 7(1) was amended by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) (“the 1984 Act”), Schedule 6, paragraph 31 and by the Police and Magistrates' Courts Act 1994 (c. 29) (“the 1994 Act”), Schedule 9, Part I; section 16 was amended by the District Courts (Scotland) Act 1975, Schedule 1, paragraph 29; section 26(9) was amended by the Police Negotiating Board Act 1980 (c. 10), section 2(4) and by the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) (“the 1996 Act”), Schedule 7, paragraph 14(3); section 26(1A) and (10) was inserted by the 1984 Act, section 111; section 26(1) was amended by the 1994 Act, section 53(1); section 26(1A) was inserted by the 1984 Act, section 111(1)(a); section 26(2) was amended by the 1994 Act, sections 47(5) and 52(2) and Schedule 9 and by the 1996 Act, Schedule 7, paragraph 14(2); section 26(2A) to (2C) was inserted by the 1994 Act, section 52(3); section 26(5A) was inserted by the 1994 Act, section 53(1); section 26(7) was repealed by the 1994 Act, section 52(4) and Schedule 9; section 27(3) was amended by the 1984 Act, section 111(2) and by the Police Act 1997 (c. 50), Schedule 9, paragraph 9. See section 51(1) which has a relevant definition of “prescribed”. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2002 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1996 c. 16."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2004/257/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."
}