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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-specified-proceedings-order-1999/schedule/paragraph-16A",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1999/904",
  "legislation_title": "The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/prosecution-of-offences-act-1985-specified-proceedings-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/16A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The offence under section 1 of the Theft Act 1968, but only if it is the prosecutor’s case that the offence constitutes low-value shoplifting within the meaning of section 22A(3) of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. para. 16A inserted (9.6.2014) by The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 (Specified Proceedings) (Amendment) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1229), arts. 1, 2(2)"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:54:19.131590+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."
}