{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-188",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-188.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "section/188",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "188",
  "heading": "Cautions given to persons having limited leave to enter or remain in UK",
  "text": "(1) In section 22(3G) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (conditional cautions: meaning of “relevant foreign offender”) before paragraph (a) insert—\n“(za) an offender who has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971),”.\n(2) In section 103(4) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (diversionary cautions: meaning of “relevant foreign offender”) before paragraph (a) insert—\n“(za) an offender who has limited leave to enter or remain in the United Kingdom (within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971),”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 188 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 188 in force at 29.6.2026 by S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(v)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/188",
    "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."
}