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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/transfer-of-police-officers-order-1974/article-8",
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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",
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  "number": "8",
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  "text": "Where immediately before 1st April 1974 a member of an existing police force who is transferred under the provisions of Article 3 of, and Schedule 1 to, this order is entitled to appeal to the Secretary of State under the provisions of section 37 of the Police Act 1964 or where any such member has appealed to the Secretary of State under those provisions before that date but the appeal has not been determined, then, unless the Secretary of State otherwise directs, the disciplinary authority in respect of offences against discipline committed by members of the police force for the new police area to which he is transferred shall, on and after 1st April 1974, be the respondent for the purpose of the appeal.",
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  "version": "current",
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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."
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