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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004/section-53",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/28",
  "legislation_title": "Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/domestic-violence-crime-and-victims-act-2004",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Authorities within Commissioner’s remit",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this Part the authorities within the Commissioner’s remit are those specified in Schedule 9.\n(2) An authority specified in Schedule 9 that has functions in relation to an area outside England and Wales is within the Commissioner’s remit only to the extent that it discharges its functions in relation to England and Wales.\n(3) Subsection (2) does not apply in relation to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.\n(4) The Secretary of State for Justice may by order amend Schedule 9 by—\n(a) adding an authority appearing to him to exercise functions of a public nature;\n(b) omitting an authority;\n(c) changing the description of an authority.\n(5) In preparing a draft of an order under subsection (4) the Secretary of State for Justice must consult the Attorney General and the Secretary of State for the Home Department.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 53 inserted (22.8.2007) by The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), arts. 1(2), 8, Sch. para. 10(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 53 substituted (22.8.2007) by The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), arts. 1(2), 8, Sch. para. 10(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 53: functions transferred (22.8.2007) by The Secretary of State for Justice Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/2128), arts. 1(2), 4(2)(a), 5(2)(a) (with art. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied by 2024 c. 21, s. 11A(4) (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/19",
      "affecting_title": "Victims and Courts Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/28/section/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:58.721276+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."
}