{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-133A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997/section-133A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1997/50",
  "legislation_title": "Police Act 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-act-1997",
  "path": "section/133A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "133A",
  "heading": "Meaning of “prevention” and “detection”.",
  "text": "Section 81(5) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (meaning of “prevention” and “detection”) shall apply for the purposes of this Act as it applies for the purposes of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 133A inserted (25.9.2000) by 2000 c. 23, s. 82(1), Sch. 4 para. 8(13) (with s. 82(3)); S.I. 2000/2543, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 133A substituted (27.12.2018) by Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (c. 25), s. 272(1), Sch. 10 para. 40 (with Sch. 9 paras. 7, 8, 10); S.I. 2018/940, reg. 5(e)"
    }
  ],
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    "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."
}