{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-73",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-social-behaviour-crime-and-policing-act-2014/section-73.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/73",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "73",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(A1) The Secretary of State must issue guidance to local authorities about the issue of fixed penalty notices under section 68 by persons authorised by local authorities under that section.\n(1) The Secretary of State may issue—\n(a) guidance to local authorities about the exercise of their functions under this Chapter and other functions of persons authorised by local authorities under section 63 or 68;\n(b) guidance to chief officers of police about the exercise, by officers under their direction or control, of those officers' functions under this Part.\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) 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. 73(A1) inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 4(6)(a), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 73(1)(a) substituted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 4(6)(b), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 73(4) inserted (26.10.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 4(6)(c), 255(1); S.I. 2026/960, reg. 4(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 73 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/73",
    "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."
}