{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-commencement-no-2-order-1985/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/623",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-commencement-no-2-order-1985",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In this Order—\n“the 1964 Act” means the Police Act 1964;\n“the 1976 Act” means the Police Act 1976;\n“the 1984 Act” means the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984;\n“the Authority” means the Police Complaints Authority established in pursuance of section 83(1) of the 1984 Act;\n“the Board” means the Police Complaints Board established in pursuance of section 1 of the 1976 Act;\n“chief officer” includes a person discharging the functions of a chief officer;\n“the commencement date” has the meaning assigned thereto by Article 3 below;\n“complaint” means a complaint about the conduct of a member of a police force;\n“the former complaints provisions” means the provisions applicable to complaints against members of police forces in force immediately before the commencement date.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/623/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T17:11:47.526178+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."
}