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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-order-2004/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/1887",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-order-2004",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order appoints 1st August 2004 as the date on which revised codes of practice under sections 60(1)(a), 60A(1) and 66(1)(a) to (d) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (“the Act”) will come into operation, superseding codes of practice which have been in operation since 1st April 2003 (in respect of Codes A to E) and 7th May 2002 (in the case of Code F).\nThis Order revokes the Orders set out in paragraphs (a) to (c) of article 4 which, together, brought the current versions of the codes of practice under sections 60(1)(a), 60A(1) and 66(1)(a) to (d) of the Act into operation.\nThis Order also revokes the Orders set out in paragraphs (d) and (e) of article 4 which, together, made modifications to Codes C and D which applied in certain police areas. The revised Codes C and D now contain provisions relating to drug testing under section 63B of the Act which will only apply in certain police areas.\nThe codes of practice will be published by the Stationery Office: copies may be obtained from its bookshops. The codes of practice will also be available on the Home Office website.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 63B was inserted by section 57 of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/1887/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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