{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000/section-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2000/32",
  "legislation_title": "Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-northern-ireland-act-2000",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Guidance as to use of equipment for maintaining or restoring public order.",
  "text": "(1) The Department of Justice may issue, and from time to time revise, guidance on the use by police officers of equipment designed for use in maintaining or restoring public order.\n(2) Before issuing or revising any guidance under this section, the Department of Justice shall consult—\n(a) the Board;\n(b) the Chief Constable;\n(c) the Ombudsman; and\n(d) the Police Association.\n(3) The Department of Justice shall publish any guidance issued or revised under this section in such manner as it thinks appropriate.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 53(1) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 70(a) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 53(2) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 70(b) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 53(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 70(c)(i) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 53(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 70(c)(ii) (with arts. 28-31)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2000/32/section/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:39.477204+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."
}