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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-commencement-no-1-order-1985/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1985/1849",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-commencement-no-1-order-1985",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The provisions of the Act specified in Schedule 2 to this Order shall come into force on 1st April 1986 in the following areas, namely the counties of—\nDurham\nGreater Manchester\nMerseyside\nNorthumberland\nSouth Yorkshire\nTyne and Wear\nWest Midlands and\nWest Yorkshire,\nsave that paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of section 3(2) of the Act shall not apply in relation to proceedings transferred (whether on appeal or otherwise) to an area where those provisions are in force from an area where they are not.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1985/1849/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:59:02.233474+00:00"
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  "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."
}