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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-reform-act-2002/schedule-5/paragraph-8A",
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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/8A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "8A",
  "heading": "Power to stop cycles",
  "text": "(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (2), a person whose accreditation specifies that this paragraph applies to him shall, within the relevant police area, have the power of a constable in uniform under section 163(2) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 to stop a cycle.\n(2) The power mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) may only be exercised by that person in relation to a person who he has reason to believe has committed an offence under section 72 of the Highway Act 1835 (riding on a footway) by cycling.",
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  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 8A inserted (20.1.2004) by Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 (c. 38), ss. 89(6), 93; S.I. 2003/3300, art. 2(f)(iv)"
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/30/schedule/5/paragraph/8A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-31T10:30:50.998378+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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