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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-6",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/30",
  "legislation_title": "Police Reform Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Confiscation of tobacco etc.",
  "text": "(1) An accredited person whose accreditation specifies that this paragraph applies to him shall, within the relevant police area, have—\n(a) the power to seize anything that a constable in uniform has a duty to seize under subsection (3) of section 7 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12) (seizure of tobacco etc. from young persons); and\n(b) the power to dispose of anything that a constable may dispose of under that subsection;\nand the power to dispose of anything shall be a power to dispose of it in such manner as the relevant employer of the accredited person may direct.\n(2) In this paragraph “relevant employer”, in relation to an accredited person, means the person with whom the chief officer of police for the relevant police area has entered into arrangements under section 40.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "word repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2003/38",
      "affecting_title": "Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/18",
      "affecting_title": "Tobacco and Vapes Act 2026"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/32",
      "affecting_title": "Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022"
    },
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/32",
      "affecting_title": "Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022"
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      "affecting_title": "Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ukpga/2022/32",
      "affecting_title": "Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/30/schedule/5/paragraph/6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:50.998378+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."
}