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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-police-officers-order-1974/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/551",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Police Officers Order 1974",
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  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A member of an existing police force, other than a chief constable, or a police cadet undergoing training with a view to becoming a member of that police force, who falls within a category of members or cadets described in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order shall, on 1st April 1974, become a member, or as the case may be, a police cadet undergoing training with a view to becoming a member, of the police force for the new police area specified opposite thereto in column 2 of the said Schedule 1.",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:44:39.050981+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."
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