{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-courts-act-2015/section-52",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/2",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-and-courts-act-2015",
  "path": "section/52",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "52",
  "heading": "Low-value shoplifting: mode of trial",
  "text": "(1) In section 22A of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 (low-value shoplifting), in subsection (2) (right to elect trial by Crown Court), for paragraph (b) substitute—\n“(b) the court must proceed in relation to the offence in accordance with section 51(1) of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”\n(2) In section 51 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 (sending cases to Crown Court: adults), in subsection (2)(b), after “21,” insert “ 22A(2)(b), ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/2/section/52",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:15.088837+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."
}