{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001/schedule-7/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/24",
  "legislation_title": "Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/anti-terrorism-crime-and-security-act-2001",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 17 (general functions and jurisdiction of constables) is amended as follows.\n(2) After subsection (4) insert—\n“(4A) A member of the British Transport Police Force who is for the time being required by virtue of section 11 or 12 of this Act to serve with a police force shall—\n(a) have all the powers and privileges of a constable of that police force, and\n(b) be subject to the direction of the chief constable of that force.”\n(3) In subsection (7)(a), after “first-mentioned force” insert “ or, if he is serving with the British Transport Police Force, the Chief Constable of that Force ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/24/schedule/7/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:53.658662+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."
}