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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-specified-proceedings-amendment-order-2012/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1635",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2012",
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  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law, England And Wales\nMade 21st June 2012\nLaid before Parliament 26th June 2012\nComing into force 17th July 2012\nThe Attorney General makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 3(3) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1985 c. 23. Section 3(3) was amended by paragraph 39 of Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996 (c. 16), paragraph 48 of Schedule 9 to the Police Act 1997 (c. 50), paragraph 47 of Schedule 4 and Part 2 of Schedule 17 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15) and paragraph 171 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13)."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1635/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."
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