{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ivory-act-2018-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2022/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ivory-act-2018-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2022/regulation-4.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2022/288",
  "legislation_title": "The Ivory Act 2018 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/ivory-act-2018-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-provision-regulations-2022",
  "path": "regulation/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 6th June 2022",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Act come into force on 6th June 2022 —\n(a) section 14 (power to stop and search persons);\n(b) section 15 (power to stop and search vehicles);\n(c) section 16 (power to board and search vessels and aircraft);\n(d) section 17 (warrants authorising entry and search of premises);\n(e) section 18 (further provision about search warrants) and Schedule 2 (search warrants: England and Wales and Northern Ireland);\n(f) section 19 (powers of examination etc);\n(g) section 20 (power to require production of documents etc);\n(h) section 21 (powers of seizure etc);\n(i) section 22 (accredited civilian officers: powers of entry);\n(j) section 23 (other powers of accredited civilian officers);\n(k) section 24 (excluded items);\n(l) section 25 (further provision about seizure under section 21 or 23);\n(m) section 26 (notices and records in relation to seized items);\n(n) section 27 (powers of entry, search and seizure: supplementary provision);\n(o) section 28 (offences of obstruction etc);\n(p) section 29 (retention of seized items);\n(q) section 30 (forfeiture of seized items by court on application);\n(r) section 31 (appeal against decision under section 30);\n(s) section 32 (return of item to person entitled to it, or disposal if return impracticable);\n(t) section 33 (forfeiture by court following conviction);\n(u) section 34 (application of Customs and Excise Management Act 1979);\n(v) section 35 (contracts of insurance etc);\n(w) section 36 (liability of corporate officers for offences by bodies corporate etc);\n(x) paragraphs 4, 9, 19, 20 and 23 to 24 of Schedule 1 (civil sanctions).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/288/regulation/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:02:43.014775+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."
}