{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-armed-forces-order-1989/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2128",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice (Armed Forces) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-armed-forces-order-1989",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "DEFENCE\nMade 17th November 1989\nLaid before Parliament 21st November 1989\nComing into force 1st January 1990\nWhereas–\n(1) in pursuance of section 113(3) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“the 1984 Act”) the Secretary of State is under a duty to issue a code of practice, or a number of such codes, for persons other than police officers who are concerned with enquiries into offences under the Army Act 1955, the Air Force Act 1955 or the Naval Discipline Act 1957;\n(2) by section 113(4)(a) of the 1984 Act a code issued under the previous subsection may contain provisions, in connection with enquiries into such offences, as to the tape-recording of interviews;\n(3) in pursuance of section 113(5) of the 1984 Act the Secretary of State has laid such a code of practice before both Houses of Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 113(5) of the 1984 Act, hereby orders as follows:–",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1955 c. 18."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1955 c. 19."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1957 c. 53."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  "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."
}