{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-256",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-256.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "section/256",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "256",
  "heading": "Commencement: consultation requirements",
  "text": "(1) Before making regulations under section 255(1) appointing a day on which any provision of Chapter 2 or 4 of Part 4, or section 125(1), comes into force, the Secretary of State must consult—\n(a) the Scottish Ministers, and\n(b) the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.\n(2) Before making regulations under section 255(7)(a) appointing a day on which section 125(1) comes into force, the Scottish Ministers must consult—\n(a) the Secretary of State, and\n(b) the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland.\n(3) Before making an order under section 255(7)(b) appointing a day on which section 125(1) comes into force, the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland must consult—\n(a) the Secretary of State, and\n(b) the Scottish Ministers.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 256 in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(2)(k)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/section/256",
    "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."
}