{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forensic-science-regulator-act-2021-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2022/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2022/856",
  "legislation_title": "The Forensic Science Regulator Act 2021 (Commencement No. 1 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/forensic-science-regulator-act-2021-commencement-no-1-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Transitional provision",
  "text": "(1) Until the code prepared and published under section 2 of the Act comes into force, the references in section 5(1) and (2) to “the code” are to be read as a reference to the Codes of Practice and Conduct.\n(2) In this regulation, “Codes of Practice and Conduct” means the Codes of Practice and Conduct issue 7 which was issued by the Forensic Science Regulator and was effective from 22nd March 2021.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/856/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:56:56.361654+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."
}