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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-163",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "section/163",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "163",
  "heading": "Interpretation of Chapter",
  "text": "In this Chapter—\n“one-person protest” has the meaning given by section 14ZA(4) of the Public Order Act 1986;\n“public assembly” has the meaning given by section 16 of that Act;\n“public place” has the meaning given by that section;\n“public procession” has the meaning given by that section.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 163 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 163 in force at 29.6.2026 by S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(p)"
    }
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/163",
    "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."
}