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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-order-2005/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3503",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-order-2005",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Transitional provisions",
  "text": "(1) The revised code of practice referred to in article 2(a) shall apply to any procedures to which the code relates which are carried out after midnight on 31st December 2005, notwithstanding that such a procedure may have commenced before that time.\n(2) The revised code of practice referred to in article 2(b) shall apply to any procedures to which the code relates which are carried out after midnight on 31st December 2005, notwithstanding that such a procedure may have commenced before that time.\n(3) The revised code of practice referred to in article 2(c) shall apply to any procedures to which the code relates which are carried out after midnight on 31st December 2005.\n(4) The revised code of practice referred to in article 2(d)(i) shall apply to persons in police detention after midnight on 31st December 2005, notwithstanding that their period of detention may have commenced before that time.\n(5) The revised code of practice referred to in article 2(d)(ii) shall apply to any procedures to which the code relates which are carried out after midnight on 31st December 2005.\n(6) The revised code of practice referred to in article 2(e) shall apply—\n(a) to any application for a warrant to search premises made after 31st December 2005; and\n(b) to any search of premises or seizure of property taking place after midnight on 31st December 2005, notwithstanding that the search or seizure in question may have taken place in pursuance of a warrant granted or applied for before that time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3503/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:39:56.427989+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."
}