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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-wales-act-2005/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/10",
  "legislation_title": "Public Services Ombudsman (Wales) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/public-services-ombudsman-wales-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Action taken by or with the authority of the Welsh Ministers, the First Minister for Wales, the Counsel General to the Welsh Assembly Government or a police and crime commissioner for a police area in Wales for the purpose of—\n(a) the investigation or prevention of crime, or\n(b) the protection of the security of the State.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 substituted by Government of Wales Act 2006 (c. 32), s. 160(1), Sch. 10 para. 87 (with Sch. 11 para. 22), the amending provision coming into force immediately after \"the 2007 election\" (held on 3.5.2007) subject to s. 161(4)(5) of the amending Act, which provides for certain provisions to come into force for specified purposes immediately after the end of \"the initial period\" (which ended with the day of the first appointment of a First Minister on 25.5.2007) - see ss. 46, 161(1)(4)(5) of the amending Act."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 1 substituted (22.11.2012) by Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011 (c. 13), s. 157(1), Sch. 16 para. 342; S.I. 2012/2892, art. 2(i)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/10/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:22.218266+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."
}