{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-justice-act-2006-commencement-no-1-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2006/article-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2006/3364",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-justice-act-2006-commencement-no-1-transitional-and-saving-provisions-order-2006",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 1, Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2006.\n(2) In this Order—\n“the 1996 Act” means the Police Act 1996;\n“the 1998 Act” means the Crime and Disorder Act 1998; and\n“preliminary hearing” has the meaning given by new section 57A (live links introductory) of the 1998 Act which is brought into force by article 2(g).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c.16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1998 c.37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 45 of the Police and Justice Act 2006 (c.48) substitutes for section 57 of the 1998 Act (c.37) new sections 57A, 57B, 57C, 57D and 57E."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/3364/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:11:50.688447+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."
}