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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-2003-conditional-cautions-code-of-practice-order-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2004/0110492242",
  "legislation_title": "The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Conditional Cautions: Code of Practice) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-criminal-justice-act-2003-conditional-cautions-code-of-practice-order-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force the code of practice made pursuant to section 25(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) in relation to conditional cautions.\nSection 22 of the 2003 Act permits an authorised person to give a conditional caution to a person aged 18 or over if the conditions set out in section 23 of that Act are met.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2004/0110492242/note",
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  },
  "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."
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