{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-magistrates-courts-act-1994/schedule-5/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-magistrates-courts-act-1994/schedule-5/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1994/29",
  "legislation_title": "Police and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-and-magistrates-courts-act-1994",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 12 of the Police Act 1964 (reports by chief constables to police authorities) shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)—\n(a) for the words “calendar year\" there shall be substituted the words “ financial year ”, and\n(b) the words “in writing\" shall be omitted.\n(3) After subsection (1) there shall be inserted—\n“(1A) A chief constable shall arrange for a report submitted by him under subsection (1) of this section to be published in such manner as he thinks fit.”\n(4) In subsection (2) the words “in writing\" shall be omitted.\n(5) After subsection (2) there shall be inserted—\n“(2A) A report submitted under subsection (2) of this section shall be in such form as the police authority may specify.”\n(6) After subsection (3) there shall be inserted—\n“(3A) The police authority may arrange, or require the chief constable to arrange, for a report under subsection (2) of this section to be published in such manner as the authority thinks fit.”",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1964 c. 48."
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 1 wholly in force at 31.12.1994; Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 94(1); Sch. 5 Pt. I para. 1 in force (31.12.1994) by S.I. 1994/3262, art. 3(1)(a) (with transitional provisions in art. 3(2)) (as amended (14.3.1995) by S.I. 1995/246, art. 2(3))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1994/29/schedule/5/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:33:47.960485+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."
}