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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-transparency-and-enforcement-act-2022/section-37",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/10",
  "legislation_title": "Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-transparency-and-enforcement-act-2022",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Consent required for prosecutions",
  "text": "Proceedings for an offence under this Part—\n(a) may not be brought in England and Wales except by or with the consent of the Secretary of State or the Director of Public Prosecutions;\n(b) may not be brought in Northern Ireland except by or with the consent of the Secretary of State or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 69"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 37 in force at 1.8.2022 for specified purposes by S.I. 2022/876, reg. 3(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 37 in force at 12.10.2022 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2022/1039, reg. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/10/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:57:22.170731+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."
}