{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-constables-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-constables-amendment-regulations-2012/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1961",
  "legislation_title": "The Special Constables (Amendment) Regulations 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/special-constables-amendment-regulations-2012",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Police, England And Wales\nMade 24th July 2012\nLaid before Parliament 27th July 2012\nComing into force 20th August 2012\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 50(7) and 51 of the Police Act 1996.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c. 16. Section 51 was amended by section 128 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50), section 35 of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), paragraph 4 of Schedule 22 to the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008 (c. 4) and paragraphs 1 and 33 of Schedule 16 to the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1961/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."
}