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&lt;p&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Elizabeth R&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;ELIZABETH THE SECOND, by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and of Our other Realms and Territories QUEEN, Head of the Commonwealth, Defender of the Faith, to Our Trusty and Well-Beloved Matthew John Parr, Companion of Our Most Honourable Order of the Bath;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Greeting!&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="text-indent:2em;margin-bottom:1em;"&gt;KNOW YE that We, confiding in your diligence and integrity and in pursuance of the powers vested in Us by section 54 (1) of the Police Act 1996, do hereby re-appoint you the said Matthew John Parr to be one of Our Inspectors of Constabulary for England and Wales from the 1st day of January 2022 until and concluding on the 30th day of June 2023.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;!-- Date clause (handwritten day &amp; month italicised) --&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;GIVEN at Our Court at Saint James’s&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;on the &lt;em&gt;25th&lt;/em&gt; day of &lt;em&gt;November&lt;/em&gt; 2021&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;In the seventieth year of Our Reign.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;By Her Majesty’s Command.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p style="margin:0;"&gt;(Sgd.) &lt;em&gt;Dominic Raab&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;L. S.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;WARRANT re-appointing Matthew John Parr, CB, as an Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales&lt;/p&gt;
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Royal name and title capitalized.&#13;
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Capitalized incipits.</text>
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