{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-secretary-of-states-objectives-order-2002/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/695",
  "legislation_title": "The Police (Secretary of State’s Objectives) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-secretary-of-states-objectives-order-2002",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 13th March 2002\nLaid before Parliament 15th March 2002\nComing into force 1st April 2002\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 37(1) of the Police Act 1996, after consultation in accordance with section 37(2) of that Act, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16. Section 37 was amended by section 325, Schedule 27, paragraphs 86(1), (2), (3), (4)(a) and (b) of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/695/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."
}