{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-revisions-to-code-a-order-2008/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/2638",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Codes of Practice) (Revisions to Code A) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-codes-of-practice-revisions-to-code-a-order-2008",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Police, England And Wales\nMade 6th October 2008\nLaid before Parliament 6th October 2008\nComing into force 27th October 2008\nThe Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 67(5) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984.\nThe Secretary of State has consulted in accordance with section 67(4) of that Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c.60; section 67(4) and (5) were substituted by section 11(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/2638/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."
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