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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-no-5-order-1999/note",
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  "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": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 1st March 1999 as the date on which a revised code of practice under section 66(a) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 will come into operation. It supersedes the revised code which has been in operation since 15th May 1997.\nThe code of practice will be published by The Stationery Office; copies may be obtained from their bookshops.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/291/note",
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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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