{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-electronic-communications-order-2009/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/203",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Electronic Communications) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-electronic-communications-order-2009",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation, commencement and extent",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Electronic Communications) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 2nd March 2009.\n(2) This Order shall extend to England and Wales only.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 1 in force at 2.3.2009, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/203/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:18:33.603430+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."
}