{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006/section-29",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2006/47",
  "legislation_title": "Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/safeguarding-vulnerable-groups-act-2006",
  "path": "section/29",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "29",
  "heading": "Part 5 of the Police Act 1997: code of practice",
  "text": "(1) Section 122 of the Police Act 1997 (c. 50) (code of practice) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1) after “information provided to” insert “ , or the discharge of any function by, ”.\n(3) In subsection (3) for the words from “The Secretary of State” to “application” substitute “ Subsection (3A) applies if the Secretary of State thinks that the registered person who countersigned an application for a certificate under section 113A or 113B ”.\n(4) After subsection (3) insert—\n“(3A) The Secretary of State may—\n(a) refuse to issue the certificate;\n(b) suspend the registration of the person;\n(c) cancel the registration of the person.\n(3B) Section 120AB applies if the Secretary of State proposes to suspend or cancel a person's registration under subsection (3A) above as it applies if he proposes to suspend or cancel a person's registration by virtue of section 120AA.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 29 in force at 20.1.2009 by S.I. 2009/39, art. 2(1)(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/47/section/29",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:13:33.775292+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."
}