{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-security-industry-act-2001/section-2A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-security-industry-act-2001/section-2A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2001/12",
  "legislation_title": "Private Security Industry Act 2001",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/private-security-industry-act-2001",
  "path": "section/2A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2A",
  "heading": "Authority to be treated as cross-border public authority etc. for certain purposes",
  "text": "For the purposes of—\n(a) section 5(5B) of the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967 (restriction on investigatory powers of Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration);\n(b) section 23(2)(b) of the Scotland Act 1998 (power of Scottish Parliament to require persons outside Scotland to give evidence or produce documents);\n(c) section 70(6) of that Act of 1998 (accounts prepared by cross-border authorities);\n(d) section 91(3)(d) of that Act of 1998 (provision for investigation of certain complaints); and\n(e) section 7(5) of the Scottish Public Services Ombudsman Act 2002 (restriction on investigatory powers of ombudsman),\nthe Authority is to be treated as a cross-border public authority within the meaning of that Act of 1998.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 2A 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. 3; S.S.I. 2006/381, art. 2(a)(i)(b)(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/12/section/2A",
    "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."
}