{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-modification-order-2001/introduction",
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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": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nMade 20th June 2001\nLaid before Parliament 21st June 2001\nComing into force 16th July 2001\nWhereas, in pursuance of sections 60(1)(a) and 66 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Secretary of State issued codes of practice in connection with, amongst other matters:\n(a) the detention, treatment and questioning of persons by police officers; and\n(b) the identification of persons by police officers;\nAnd whereas section 66(2) of that Act requires codes to include provision in connection with the exercise by police officers of powers under section 63B of that Act:\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 67(7A) of that 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": "The codes of practice in force were brought into operation by S.I. 1995/450."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Sections 63B and 66(2) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 were inserted by section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Section 67(7A) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 was inserted by section 77 of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 (c. 16)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/2254/introduction",
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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."
}