{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-38",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/12",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Record-keeping",
  "text": "(1) A constable who gives a direction under section 35 must make a record of—\n(a) the individual to whom the direction is given,\n(b) the time at which the direction is given, and\n(c) the terms of the direction (including in particular the area to which it relates and the exclusion period).\n(2) A constable who withdraws or varies a direction under section 35 must make a record of—\n(a) the time at which the direction is withdrawn or varied,\n(b) whether notice of the withdrawal or variation is given to the person to whom the direction was given and if it is, at what time, and\n(c) if the direction is varied, the terms of the variation.\n(3) A constable who gives a direction under section 37 must make a record of—\n(a) the individual to whom the direction is given,\n(b) the time at which the direction is given, and\n(c) the item to which the direction relates.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 38 in force at 20.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2590, art. 3(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:27:00.543848+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."
}