{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-94",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/section-94.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "section/94",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "94",
  "heading": "Guidance",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may issue guidance about the duty under section 85 to persons who engage in relevant activities.\n(2) Those persons must have regard to the guidance.\n(3) Before issuing guidance under this section, the Secretary of State must consult such persons as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.\n(4) The Secretary of State must publish any guidance issued under this section.\n(5) The Secretary of State may revise any guidance issued under this section.\n(6) Subsections (2) to (4) apply to revised guidance, except that subsection (3) does not apply if the Secretary of State considers that the revisions are not substantial.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 94 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/94",
    "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."
}