{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-modification-order-2001/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2001/2254",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Modification) Order 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-modification-order-2001",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The modifications to the codes of practice made by article 2 shall have effect for a period of two years from the date on which this Order comes into force, and shall have effect only in the following police areas:\n(a) Staffordshire;\n(b) Nottinghamshire;\n(c) the metropolitan police district.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The term “police area” has the meaning ascribed to it in section 101 of the Police Act 1996 (c. 16) by virtue of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2254/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T07:45:43.906472+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."
}