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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-1-order-2012/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/1205",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-1-order-2012",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st July 2012",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1st July 2012—\n(a) section 29 (code of practice for surveillance camera systems);\n(b) section 30 (issuing of code);\n(c) section 31 (alteration or replacement of code);\n(d) section 32 (publication of code);\n(e) section 33 (effect of code);\n(f) section 34 (commissioner in relation to code);\n(g) section 35 (reports by commissioner);\n(h) section 36 (interpretation: chapter 1);\n(i) section 39(1) (repealing etc. unnecessary or inappropriate powers of entry);\n(j) section 40 (adding safeguards to powers of entry);\n(k) section 41 (rewriting powers of entry);\n(l) section 42 (duty to review certain existing powers of entry);\n(m) section 43 (consultation requirements before modifying powers of entry);\n(n) section 44 (procedural and supplementary provisions) insofar as it confers functions on a Minister of the Crown;\n(o) section 45 (devolution: Scotland and Northern Ireland);\n(p) section 46 (sections 39 to 46: interpretation) insofar as it confers functions on a Minister of the Crown;\n(q) section 47 (code of practice in relation to non-devolved powers of entry);\n(r) section 48 (issuing of the code);\n(s) section 49 (alteration or replacement of code);\n(t) section 50 (publication of code);\n(u) section 51 (effect of code);\n(v) section 52 (sections 47 to 51: interpretation);\n(w) section 85 (inclusion of cautions etc in national police records);\n(x) section 104 (extension of certain Freedom of Information Act 2000 provisions to Northern Ireland bodies);\n(y) section 115(1) (consequential amendments, repeals and revocations) insofar as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 9 specified in paragraph (aa) below;\n(z) section 115(2) (consequential amendments, repeals and revocations) insofar as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 10 specified in paragraphs (bb) and (cc) below;\n(aa) Part 2 of Schedule 9 (consequential amendments);\n(bb) Part 2 of Schedule 10 (repeals and revocations);\n(cc) Part 7 of Schedule 10 (repeals and revocations) insofar as it repeals section 80A of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2010 c. 25."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/1205/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:32:26.734139+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."
}