{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-5-and-saving-and-transitional-provision-order-2013/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-5-and-saving-and-transitional-provision-order-2013/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2013/470",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 5 and Saving and Transitional Provision) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-commencement-no-5-and-saving-and-transitional-provision-order-2013",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Citation and interpretation",
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Commencement No. 5 and Saving and Transitional Provision) Order 2013.\n(2) In this Order—\n“Act” means the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012;\n“2003 Act” means the Sexual Offences Act 2003;\n“2004 Act” means the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Act 2004.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2003 c. 42."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "2004 c. 19."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/470/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:02:30.245031+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."
}