{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-56A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-5/paragraph-56A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/42",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/56A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "56A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "An offence under section 2 or 2A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 (c. 40) (offences of harassment and stalking).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 56A inserted (19.2.2007) by The Sexual Offences Act 2003 (Amendment of Schedules 3 and 5) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/296), arts. 1(1), 3(7)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 56A inserted (25.11.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 146(a)(i) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2075, art. 5(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 56A substituted (25.11.2012) by Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 (c. 9), s. 120, Sch. 9 para. 146(a)(ii) (with s. 97); S.I. 2012/2075, art. 5(d)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/schedule/5/paragraph/56A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:48.870823+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."
}