{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-154",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-154.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "section/154",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "154",
  "heading": "Possession of specified article",
  "text": "(1) A person who possesses a specified article commits an offence.\n“Specified article” means an article specified in regulations under section 156.\n(2) It is a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that the person had a good reason or lawful authority for possessing the specified article.\n(3) For the purposes of subsection (2), where a person possesses a specified article in order to supply it to another, the person has a good reason for possessing it only if any supply would be in accordance with section 155(2)(a) to (c).\n(4) A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction in England and Wales, to a fine;\n(b) on summary conviction in Scotland or Northern Ireland, to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 154 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 154 in force at 29.10.2026 by S.I. 2026/960, reg. 5(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/154",
    "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."
}