{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984/section-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1984/60",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984",
  "path": "section/23",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": "Meaning of “premises” etc.",
  "text": "In this Act—\n“premises” includes any place and, in particular, includes—\n(a)any vehicle, vessel, aircraft or hovercraft;\n(b)any offshore installation;\n(ba)any renewable energy installation;\n(c)any tent or movable structure; . . .\n“offshore installation” has the meaning given to it by section 1 of the Mineral Workings (Offshore Installations) Act 1971.\n“renewable energy installation” has the same meaning as in Chapter 2 of Part 2 of the Energy Act 2004.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 23: in definition of \"premises\", para. (ba) substituted for word \"and\" at the end of para. (b) (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 103(2)(a), 198(2); S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 23: word at the end of the definition of \"premises\" repealed (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 197, 198(2), Sch. 23 Pt. 1; S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1 Table"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 23: definition of \"renewable energy installation\" inserted (5.10.2004) by Energy Act 2004 (c. 20), ss. 103(2)(b), 198(2); S.I. 2004/2575, art. 2(1), Sch. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 61."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 23 applied (with modifications) (30.4.2017) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Labour Abuse Prevention Officers) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/520), regs. 1, 2, 3(u), Sch."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 23 applied in part (with modifications) (1.4.2026) by Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025 (c. 28), ss. 7, 109(1), Sch. 1 (with ss. 72, 105); S.I. 2026/371, reg. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 23 applied in part (with modifications) (7.4.2026) by The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (Application to Enforcement Officers) Regulations 2026 (S.I. 2026/303), regs. 1(1), 3, 4(w), Sch. paras. 1-10"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied in part (with modifications) by 1992 c. 5, s. 109D, Sch. 3ZC (as inserted)",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2025/28",
      "affecting_title": "Public Authorities (Fraud, Error and Recovery) Act 2025"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/60/section/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:58.179601+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."
}