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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-crime-sentencing-and-courts-act-2022/section-44E",
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  "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": "section/44E",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "44E",
  "heading": "Authorised persons",
  "text": "(1) In this Chapter, each of the following is an “authorised person”—\n(a) a constable of a police force in England and Wales;\n(b) a member of staff appointed by the chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales;\n(c) an employee of the Common Council of the City of London who is under the direction and control of a chief officer of police;\n(d) a constable of the British Transport Police Force;\n(e) an employee of the British Transport Police Authority appointed under section 27 of the Railways and Transport Safety Act 2003;\n(f) a constable of the Ministry of Defence police;\n(g) a National Crime Agency officer;\n(h) a person designated by the Director General of the Independent Office for Police Conduct under paragraph 19(2) of Schedule 3 to the Police Reform Act 2002;\n(i) a person who has been engaged to provide services consisting of or including the obtaining of information for the purposes of the exercise of functions by a person mentioned in any of paragraphs (a) to (h).\n(2) The Secretary of State may by regulations made by statutory instrument amend subsection (1)—\n(a) so as to add a reference to a person;\n(b) so as to remove a reference to a person;\n(c) so as to modify a description of a person mentioned.\n(3) Regulations under subsection (2) may contain transitional, transitory or saving provision.\n(4) A statutory instrument containing regulations under subsection (2)(a) or (b) (whether alone or with other provision) may not be made unless a draft of the instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.\n(5) Any other statutory instrument containing regulations under this section is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 Ch. 3A inserted (12.1.2026) by Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 (c. 21), ss. 28, 81(2) (with s. 32); S.I. 2025/1168, reg. 3(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/32/section/44E",
    "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."
}