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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-commencement-no-2-order-1986/article-5",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1986/1029",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-commencement-no-2-order-1986",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Paragraphs (a), (c) and (d) of section 3(2) of the Act shall not apply in relation to proceedings to which this Article applies transferred (whether on appeal or otherwise) after 30th September 1986 to a county mentioned in Article 4 above from any other area.\n(2) This Article applies—\n(a) in relation to the said paragraphs (a) and (c), to proceedings instituted, and\n(b) in relation to the said paragraph (d), to proceedings begun by a summons issued,\nbefore 1st October 1986 in any area other than a county mentioned in Article 4 above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1029/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:46:38.715420+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."
}