{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-7/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003/schedule-7/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/39",
  "legislation_title": "Courts Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/courts-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "It is the duty of every constable, at the request of—\n(a) an enforcement officer, or\n(b) a person acting under the officer’s authority,\nto assist the officer or that person in the execution of a writ or warrant.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 7 para. 5 inserted (1.4.2008) by Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (c. 15), ss. 140(8), 148(5); S.I. 2007/2709, art. 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 para. 5 applied (11.8.2022) by The Sizewell C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2022 (S.I. 2022/853), arts. 1, 10(7) (with arts. 62, 76, 87)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/39/schedule/7/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:53.122162+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."
}