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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provision-order-1994/article-7",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/571",
  "legislation_title": "The Railways Act 1993 (Commencement No. 4 and Transitional Provision) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-act-1993-commencement-no-4-and-transitional-provision-order-1994",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force",
  "text": "Without prejudice to section 17(2) of the Interpretation Act 1978, any person who, immediately prior to the coming into force of the amendments made to section 53 of the British Transport Commission Act 1949by Schedule 10 to the Railways Act 1993, is or is deemed to have been appointed to act as a constable throughout England and Wales or, as the case may be, in Scotland under the said section 53 shall be deemed thereafter to have been appointed so to act under the said section 53 as amended by the said Schedule 10.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1978 c. 30."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1949 c.xxix. In its application to England and Wales, section 53 has been amended by the British Transport Commission Act 1962 (c.xlii), section 43; the Transport Act 1962, section 70; and the British Railways Act 1978 (c.xxi), section 25. In its application to Scotland, section 53 is as set out in paragraph 3 of the Provisional Order contained in the Schedule to the British Railways Order Confirmation Act 1980 (c.xxviii)."
    }
  ],
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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."
}