{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/section-97A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996/section-97A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1996/16",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1996",
  "path": "section/97A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "97A",
  "heading": "Power to amend section 97",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by order amend the definition of “relevant service” in section 97(1).\n(2) An order under this section may make transitional, consequential, incidental and supplemental provision or savings.\n(3) The provision that may be made under subsection (2) includes provision amending any enactment.\n(4) A statutory instrument containing an order under this section shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 97A inserted (29.1.2010) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 10(1), 116(1); S.I. 2010/125, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1996/16/section/97A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:32:17.766939+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."
}