{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-act-2022/schedule-3/part-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-act-2022/schedule-3/part-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2022/32",
  "legislation_title": "Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-act-2022",
  "path": "schedule/3/part/1",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Authorised persons in relation to all purposes within section 37 or 41",
  "text": "A constable of a police force in England and Wales.\nA member of staff appointed by the chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales.\nAn employee of the Common Council of the City of London who is under the direction and control of a chief officer of police.\nA constable within the meaning of Part 1 of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8) (see section 99 of that Act).\nA member of staff appointed by the Scottish Police Authority under section 26(1) of the Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012.\nA police officer within the meaning of the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000 (see section 77(1) of that Act).\nA constable of the British Transport Police Force.\nAn employee of the British Transport Police Authority appointed under section 27 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003.\nA constable of the Ministry of Defence police.\nA National Crime Agency officer.\nA member of the Royal Navy Police, the Royal Military Police or the Royal Air Force Police.\nA person who has been engaged to provide services consisting of or including the extraction of information from electronic devices for the purposes of the exercise of functions by a person listed in this Part of this Schedule.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 3 Pt. 1 inserted (26.5.2023) by The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Extraction of information from electronic devices) (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/575), regs. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 Pt. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 208(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 3 Pt. 1 in force at 8.11.2022 by S.I. 2022/1075, reg. 5(h)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/schedule/3/part/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:56:35.152975+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."
}