{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-132",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-132.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "section/132",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "132",
  "heading": "Guidance about the disclosure of information by police forces",
  "text": "In the Stalking Protection Act 2019—\n(a) in section 12, in the heading, at the end insert “about police functions under this Act”;\n(b) after section 12, insert—\n“Guidance about the disclosure of information by police forces\n12A (1) The Secretary of State may—\n(a) issue guidance to chief officers of police about the disclosure of police information for the purpose of protecting persons from risks associated with stalking;\n(b) revise any guidance issued under this section.\n(2) A chief officer of police must have regard to any guidance issued under this section.\n(3) Before issuing any guidance or revisions under this section, the Secretary of State must consult—\n(a) the National Police Chiefs’ Council, and\n(b) such other persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\nThis does not apply to revisions the Secretary of State considers are not substantial.\n(4) The Secretary of State must publish any guidance or revisions issued under this section.\n(5) “Police information” means any information held by a police force.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 132 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/132",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:58.060228+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."
}