{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-relevant-official-records-order-2012/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2012/2279",
  "legislation_title": "The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (Relevant Official Records) Order 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012-relevant-official-records-order-2012",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Relevant data controllers",
  "text": "The following are prescribed as the relevant data controller in relation to the relevant official records—\n(a) the chief officer of police of a police force in England and Wales in relation to the records kept locally by that force for the use of constables;\n(b) the chief constable of the British Transport Police in relation to the records kept locally by the British Transport Police for the use of constables;\n(c) the chief constable of the Ministry of Defence Police in relation to the records kept by the Ministry of Defence Police for the use of constables;\n(d) the Provost Marshal for the Royal Navy Police in relation to the records kept by the Royal Navy Police for the use of members of a service police force;\n(e) the Provost Marshal for the Royal Military Police in relation to the records kept by the Royal Military Police for the use of members of a service police force;\n(f) the Provost Marshal for the Royal Air Force Police in relation to the records kept by the Royal Air Force Police for the use of members of a service police force;\n(fa) the Provost Marshal for serious crime in relation to the records kept by the tri-service serious crime unit for the use of members of a service police force;\n(g) the Secretary of State for Justice in relation to the records of magistrates’ courts dating from 1992 kept by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service;\n(h) the Secretary of State for Justice in relation to the records of the Crown Court kept by Her Majesty’s Courts and Tribunals Service.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Art. 3(fa) inserted (5.12.2022) by The Armed Forces (Tri-Service Serious Crime Unit) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2022 (S.I. 2022/1051), regs. 1(2), 15(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 1.10.2012, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/2279/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:20:08.852194+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."
}