{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stalking-protection-act-2019/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stalking-protection-act-2019/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2019/9",
  "legislation_title": "Stalking Protection Act 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/stalking-protection-act-2019",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Duration of orders",
  "text": "(1) A stalking protection order has effect—\n(a) for a fixed period specified in the order, or\n(b) until a further order.\n(2) Where a fixed period is specified it must be a period of at least 2 years beginning with the day on which the order is made.\n(3) Different periods may be specified in relation to different prohibitions or requirements.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 3 in force at 20.1.2020 by S.I. 2020/26, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2019/9/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:04:20.452445+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."
}