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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-2-order-2012/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2075",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 2) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-2-order-2012",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1st November 2012",
  "text": "The day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act is 1st November 2012—\n(a) section 37 (judicial approval for obtaining or disclosing communications data);\n(b) section 38 (judicial approval for directed surveillance and covert human intelligence sources);\n(c) section 115(1) (consequential amendments, repeals and revocation) insofar as it relates to the provisions of Schedule 9 specified in paragraphs (d) and (e) below;\n(d) paragraphs 6 to 14 and 16 to 17 of Schedule 9 (consequential amendments);\n(e) paragraph 15 of Schedule 9 (consequential amendments) except insofar as it inserts the words “or 32A” into section 77A(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the heading preceding that section.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2000 c. 23."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2075/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:22:33.232444+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."
}