{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-court-services-act-2000/section-78",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/43",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-court-services-act-2000",
  "path": "section/78",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "78",
  "heading": "General interpretation.",
  "text": "(1) In this Act—\n...\n“enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation,\n“functions” includes powers and duties,\n...\n“subordinate legislation” has the same meaning as in the Interpretation Act 1978.\n(2) In this Act, “enactment” means an enactment whenever passed or made; but in this Part other than section 77(3) it means—\n(a) an Act passed before, or in the same Session as, this Act, and\n(b) subordinate legislation made before the passing of this Act.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(1) repealed (4.4.2005) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 37 Pt. 7; S.I. 2005/950, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 para. 44(4)(t) (with Sch. 2) (as explained (29.7.2005) by S.I. 2005/2122, art. 2; and as amended: (14.7.2008) by 2008 c. 4, Sch. 26 para. 78, Sch. 28 Pt. 2; S.I. 2008/1586, Sch. 1 paras. 48(s), 50(2)(d); (30.11.2009) by S.I. 2009/3111, art. 2; (3.12.2012) by S.I. 2012/2905, art. 4; (3.12.2012) by 2012 c. 10, Sch. 14 para. 17; S.I. 2012/2906, art. 2(l))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 78 repealed (1.4.2010) by Offender Management Act 2007 (c. 21), s. 41(1), Sch. 5 Pt. 1; S.I. 2010/191, art. 2(13)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 78(2) inserted (30.4.2021) by Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act 2021 (c. 11), ss. 48(7)(b), 50(1)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1978 c. 30."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/43/section/78",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:22.078398+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."
}