{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016/section-54",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016/section-54.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2016/1",
  "legislation_title": "Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-scotland-act-2016",
  "path": "section/54",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Abolition of pre-enactment powers of arrest",
  "text": "A constable has no power to arrest a person without a warrant in respect of an offence that has been or is being committed other than—\n(a) the power of arrest conferred by section 1,\n(b) the power of arrest conferred by section 41(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 54 applied (with modifications) (25.1.2018) by The Police Investigations and Review Commissioner (Application and Modification of the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2016) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/465), arts. 1-4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 54 in force at 25.1.2018 by S.S.I. 2017/345, art. 3, sch. (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2016/1/section/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:13:41.878642+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."
}