{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8A/paragraph-28A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/schedule-8A/paragraph-28A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "schedule/8A/paragraph/28A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28A",
  "heading": "Fraud and forgery",
  "text": "An offence under any of the following provisions of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981—\n(a) Part 1 (forgery and kindred offences),\n(b) section 14 (offences of counterfeiting notes and coins),\n(c) section 15 (offences of passing etc. counterfeit notes and coins),\n(d) section 16 (offences involving custody or control of counterfeit notes and coins),\n(e) section 17 (offences involving the making or custody or control of counterfeiting materials and implements).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Schs. 8A, 8B inserted (S.) (8.2.2016) by The Police Act 1997 and the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (Scotland) Act 2007 Remedial (No. 2) Order 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/423), arts. 1(2), 3(8) (with arts. 5-10, 12)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 8A paras. 28A-28D inserted (19.12.2022) by The Police Act 1997 (Offences in Schedules 8A and 8B) Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2022 (S.S.I. 2022/379), regs. 1, 2(17)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/schedule/8A/paragraph/28A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:24:18.907526+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."
}