{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-commencement-no-33-and-sentencing-act-2020-commencement-no-2-regulations-2022/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/500",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-act-2003-commencement-no-33-and-sentencing-act-2020-commencement-no-2-regulations-2022",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Criminal Law\nMade 28th April 2022\nComing into force in accordance with regulation 1\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of—\n(a) the powers conferred by sections 333(1) and 336(3) and (4) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003;\n(b) the power conferred by section 104(1)(a) of the Deregulation Act 2015; and\n(c) the powers conferred by sections 407(6), 417(1) and 419(1) and (2) of the Sentencing Act 2020.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 44."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2015 c. 20."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "2020 c. 17."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/500/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:00:35.123109+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."
}