{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-justice-act-2006-commencement-no-8-order-2008/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2008/790",
  "legislation_title": "The Police and Justice Act 2006 (Commencement No. 8) Order 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-justice-act-2006-commencement-no-8-order-2008",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Commencement",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Police and Justice Act 2006 shall come into force on 1 April 2008—\n(a) Section 2 (amendments to the Police Act 1996) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 2 (amendments to the Police Act 1996) referred to in sub–paragraph (b);\n(b) Paragraph 7 to the extent not otherwise commenced and paragraphs 11 to 13 of Schedule 2;\n(c) Section 39 (forfeiture of indecent photographs of children: England and Wales) and Schedule 11 (Schedule to be inserted into the Protection of Children Act 1978);\n(d) Section 52 (amendments and repeals) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 15 (repeals and revocations) referred to in sub–paragraph (e);\n(e) In Part 4 of Schedule 15 (repeals: miscellaneous) the entries relating to section 4(3) of the Protection of Children Act 1978, paragraph 62 of Schedule 15 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988, sub–paragraphs 37(4) and 38(3) and 4 of Schedule 10 to the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 and paragraphs 199(3) and 200 to Schedule 8 of the Courts Act 2003.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1996 c.16."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1978 c.37."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "1988 c.33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1994 c.33."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "2003 c.39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/790/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:33:01.168477+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."
}