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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-police-officers-order-1974/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1974/551",
  "legislation_title": "The Transfer of Police Officers Order 1974",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-police-officers-order-1974",
  "path": "article/4",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A special constable falling within a category of special constables described in column 1 of Schedule 2 to this Order shall, on 1st April 1974, become a special constable for the new police area specified, opposite thereto in column 2 of the said Schedule 2.",
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  "status": null,
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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."
}