{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1998/354",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-order-1998",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Transfer of property etc.",
  "text": "(1) This article shall have effect to—\n(a) transfer from the Crown or a police authority or the Receiver (as the case may be) to the NCIS Service Authority, PITO or the National Crime Squad Service Authority (as the case may be) and to vest in them—\n(i) such property;\n(ii) such rights and liabilities relating thereto; and\n(iii) such other rights and liabilities,\nas may be specified in a written notice from the Secretary of State under article 4(1)(b) above, in a written agreement under article 4(2)(b) above or in an instrument giving effect to the decision of a nominated person under article 6 below;\n(b) apportion between them—\n(i) such property;\n(ii) such rights and liabilities relating thereto; and\n(iii) such other rights and liabilities,\nas may be so specified; and\n(c) create between them such rights and liabilities as may be so specified;\non 1st April 1998 or such other later date, or dates, as may be so specified.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/354/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:26.572253+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."
}