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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-armed-forces-order-1989/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1989/2128",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice (Armed Forces) Order 1989",
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  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 1st January 1990 as the date on which a code of practice made under section 113(3) and (4)(a) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 will come into force.\nAs required by s.113(5) of that Act, a draft of the code (which concerns the tape-recording of interviews) has been laid before both Houses of Parliament, and this was done on 19th October 1989.\nOther codes of practice, made under section 113(3) of that Act, were brought into force by the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 Codes of Practice (Armed Forces) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/307).",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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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."
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