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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-revision-of-code-a-order-2023/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/20",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revision of Code A) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-revision-of-code-a-order-2023",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Revisions of code of practice",
  "text": "The revised code of practice laid before Parliament together with this Order in connection with the matters referred to in section 66(1)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (exercise by police officers of statutory powers to search persons and vehicles without making an arrest – Code A) comes into operation on the day on which this Order comes into force.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 66(1) is numbered as such by virtue of section 57(1) and (4) of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 2000 (c. 43). Section 66(1)(a)(i) was amended by section 110(3)(a) of, and Part 2 of Schedule 17 to, the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15) (“the 2005 Act”). Section 66(1)(a)(ii) was amended by section 110(3)(b) of the 2005 Act."
    }
  ],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/20/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:50:58.572048+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."
}