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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-service-of-scotland-special-constables-regulations-2013/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2013/43",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Service of Scotland (Special Constables) Regulations 2013",
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  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Schedule—\n“police force” means a police force maintained under the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;\n“the 2008 Regulations” means the Police (Special Constables) (Scotland) Regulations 2008; and\n“transferred special constable” means a special constable of a police force who is transferred to the Police Service under schedule 5 to the 2012 Act.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 1 in force at 1.4.2013, see reg. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1967 c.77."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.S.I. 2008/117; amended by S.S.I. 2009/372."
    }
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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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