{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-56",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-56.json",
  "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/56",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "56",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(A1) The Secretary of State must issue—\n(a) guidance to chief officers of police about the issue of fixed penalty notices under section 52 by officers under their direction or control, and\n(b) guidance to local authorities about the issue of fixed penalty notices under section 52 by local authorities and persons designated under section 53(1)(c).\n(1) The Secretary of State may issue—\n(a) guidance to chief officers of police about the exercise, by officers under their direction or control, of those officers' other functions under this Chapter;\n(b) guidance to local authorities about the exercise of their other functions under this Chapter and other functions of persons designated under section 53(1)(c).\n(2) The Secretary of State may revise any guidance issued under this section.\n(3) The Secretary of State must arrange for any guidance issued or revised under this section to be published.\n(4) The Secretary of State must comply with the duty in subsection (A1)(a) and (b) within 6 months of the day on which the Crime and Policing Act 2026 is passed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 56(A1) inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 4(4)(a), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 56(1)(a) inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 4(4)(b), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 56(1)(b) inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 4(4)(c)(i), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 56(1)(b) substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 4(4)(c)(ii), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 56(4) inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 4(4)(d), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 56 in force at 20.10.2014 by S.I. 2014/2590, art. 3(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/12/section/56",
    "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."
}