{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-health-care-profession-designation-order-2003/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2003/2461",
  "legislation_title": "The Registered Health Care Profession (Designation) Order 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/registered-health-care-profession-designation-order-2003",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "POLICE, ENGLAND AND WALES\nMade 25th September 2003\nLaid before Parliament 3rd October 2003\nComing into force 1st November 2003\nIn exercise of the powers conferred upon him by the definition of “registered health care professional” in section 65(1) of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1984 c. 60; the definition of “registered health care professional” was inserted in section 65(1) by section 54(2) of the Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2003/2461/introduction",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:57:55.431157+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."
}