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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-6/paragraph-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003/schedule-6/paragraph-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2003/42",
  "legislation_title": "Sexual Offences Act 2003",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/sexual-offences-act-2003",
  "path": "schedule/6/paragraph/28",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 80(7) (sexual offences for purposes of compellability of spouse), after “the Protection of Children Act 1978” insert “ or Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 ”.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 6 para. 28(3)(4) repealed (1.1.2006) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 174(2), 178, Sch. 17 Pt. 2; S.I. 2005/3495, art. 2(1)(t)(u)(lvi) (subject to art. 2(2))"
    }
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2003/42/schedule/6/paragraph/28",
    "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."
}