{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-164",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999/section-164.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/33",
  "legislation_title": "Immigration and Asylum Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/immigration-and-asylum-act-1999",
  "path": "section/164",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "164",
  "heading": "Institution of proceedings.",
  "text": "In section 3(2) of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (proceedings which must be conducted by the Director of Public Prosecutions), after paragraph (a) insert—\n“(aa) to take over the conduct of any criminal proceedings instituted by an immigration officer (as defined for the purposes of the Immigration Act 1971) acting in his capacity as such an officer;”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1985 c. 23."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M2",
      "text": "1971 c. 77."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 164 in force at 1.12.2004 by S.I. 2004/2997, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/33/section/164",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:34.566084+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."
}