{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017/section-49",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2017/3",
  "legislation_title": "Policing and Crime Act 2017",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2017",
  "path": "section/49",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "49",
  "heading": "Duties of Police Federation for England and Wales in fulfilling its purpose",
  "text": "In section 59 of the Police Act 1996 (Police Federations), after subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) In fulfilling that purpose, the Police Federation for England and Wales must—\n(a) protect the public interest,\n(b) maintain high standards of conduct, and\n(c) maintain high standards of transparency.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 49 in force for specified purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 183"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2017/3/section/49",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:05:52.204895+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}