{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-security-industry-act-2001/schedule-2/paragraph-4A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-security-industry-act-2001/schedule-2/paragraph-4A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/12",
  "legislation_title": "Private Security Industry Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-security-industry-act-2001",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/4A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4A",
  "heading": "Taking precognitions",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies (subject to sub-paragraph (2)) to the taking, other than on behalf of the Crown, of a precognition for the purposes of, or in anticipation of—\n(a) criminal or civil proceedings in Scotland; or\n(b) proceedings on an application to the sheriff by virtue of section 93(2)(a) or 94(2)(a) of the Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011.\n(2) This paragraph does not apply to any activities of a person who is an advocate or solicitor in Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 4A and cross-heading inserted (30.6.2006 for S., 6.7.2006 for E.W.) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), s. 178(6)(b), Sch. 15 para. 14(c); S.S.I. 2006/381, art. 2(a)(i)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 4A(1)(b) substituted (24.6.2013) by The Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011 (Consequential and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/1465), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 7"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/12/schedule/2/paragraph/4A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:20:06.175164+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."
}