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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-revocation-regulations-1997/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1997/739",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences (Revocation) Regulations 1997",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
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  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Regulations)\nThese Regulations revoke the Prosecution of Offences Regulations 1978, which made provision with respect to certain functions of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the furnishing to him by chief officers of the police, magistrates and clerks of magistrates' courts of information about criminal offences and proceedings.",
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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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