{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-no-5-order-1999/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-no-5-order-1999/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/291",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice No. 5) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-no-5-order-1999",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE\nApproved by both Houses of ParliamentMade 8th December 1998\nLaid before Parliament 15th December 1998\nComing into force 1st March 1999\nWhereas, the Secretary of State has issued a code of practice in connection with the exercise by police officers of statutory powers to search a person without first arresting him and to search a vehicle without making an arrest and may, under section 67(7) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 revise the whole or any part of the code of practice and issue a revised code;\nAnd, whereas, in accordance with section 67(7) of that Act the Secretary of State has revised that code of practice and issued a revised code;\nAnd, whereas, in accordance with section 67(1) of that Act the Secretary of State has prepared and published a draft revised code in connection with those powers, has considered representations made to him about it and modified it accordingly;\nAnd whereas in accordance with section 67(3) of that Act the Secretary of State has laid a draft of that revised code before Parliament;\nNow, therefore, the Secretary of State in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 67(4) and (6) of that Act, hereby orders as follows:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "The code of practice was brought into force by S.I. 1995/450."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1984 c. 60."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The revised code was brought into force by S.I. 1997/1159."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/291/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."
}