{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-guernsey-order-2009/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2009/3215",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Guernsey) Order 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997-criminal-records-guernsey-order-2009",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n(a) “the 1997 Act” means the Police Act 1997;\n(b) “the 2006 Act” means the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006;\n(c) “the first transitional period” has the same meaning as in article 1(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated Activity, Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 5) Order 2009;\n(d) “Guernsey” means the Bailiwick of Guernsey and its adjacent territorial sea;\n(e) “the second transitional period” has the same meaning as in article 1(2) of the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006 (Regulated Activity, Miscellaneous and Transitional Provisions and Commencement No. 5) Order 2009.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1997 c. 50."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/2610."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/1762",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Act 1997 (Criminal Records) (Guernsey) (Amendment) Order 2012"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/3215/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T02:59:21.848517+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."
}