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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-secretary-of-states-objectives-order-1998/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/216",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-secretary-of-states-objectives-order-1998",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 4th February 1998\nLaid before Parliament 16th February 1998\nComing into force 1st April 1998\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 37(1) of the Police Act 1996, after consultation in accordance with section 37(2) of that Act, I hereby make the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16."
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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."
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