{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012/section-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012/section-85.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2012/9",
  "legislation_title": "Protection of Freedoms Act 2012",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/protection-of-freedoms-act-2012",
  "path": "section/85",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Inclusion of cautions etc. in national police records",
  "text": "After subsection (4) of section 27 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (recordable offences) insert—\n“(4A) In subsection (4) “conviction” includes—\n(a) a caution within the meaning of Part 5 of the Police Act 1997; and\n(b) a reprimand or warning given under section 65 of the Crime and Disorder Act 1998.”",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 85 in force at 1.7.2012 by S.I. 2012/1205, art. 3(w)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2012/9/section/85",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:08:55.374488+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."
}