{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-122A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-122A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "section/122A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "122A",
  "heading": "Delegation of functions of Secretary of State",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may, to such extent and subject to such conditions as he thinks fit, delegate any relevant function of his under this Part to such person as he may determine.\n(2) A function is relevant for the purposes of subsection (1) if it does not consist of a power—\n(a) to make regulations, or\n(b) to publish or revise a code of practice or to lay any such code before Parliament.\n(3) A delegation under subsection (1) may be varied or revoked at any time.",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 122A inserted (E.W.N.I.) (29.1.2004 for E.W., 3.12.2007 for N.I.) by Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44), s. 336(3)(4), Sch. 35 para. 10; S.I. 2004/81, art. 4(1)(2)(o)(i); S.I. 2007/3340, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 122A omitted (E.W.) (1.12.2012) by virtue of The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Disclosure and Barring Service Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/3006), arts. 1(1), 51 (with Pt. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 122A in force at 3.12.2007 for N.I. by S.I. 2007/3342, art. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1997/50/section/122A",
    "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."
}