{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-police-officers-order-1974/article-7",
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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/7",
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  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) All members of an existing police force who are transferred under the provisions of Article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Order shall be deemed to have been duly appointed as members of the police force for the new police area to which they are transferred, and to have been duly attested as such, and shall hold in that force the same ranks respectively as they held immediately before 1st April 1974.\n(2) All special constables who are transferred under the provisions of Article 4 of, and Schedule 2 to, this Order shall be deemed to have been appointed as special constables for the new police area to which they are transferred, and to have been duly attested as such.\n(3) All police cadets who are transferred under the provisions of Article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, this Order shall be deemed to have been appointed under Part I of the Police Act 1964 to undergo training with a view to becoming members of the police force for the new police area to which they are transferred.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
}