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Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. Part 1 Provisions for Combatting Crime and Disorder

    1. Chapter 1 On the Spot Penalties for Disorderly Behaviour

      1. Offences to which this Chapter applies

        1. 1.Offences leading to penalties on the spot

      2. Penalty notices and penalties

        1. 2.Penalty notices

        2. 3.Amount of penalty and form of penalty notice

        3. 4.Effect of penalty notice

        4. 5.General restriction on proceedings

        5. 6.Secretary of State’s guidance

      3. Procedure

        1. 7.Payment of penalty

        2. 8.Registration certificates

        3. 9.Registration of sums payable in default

        4. 10.Enforcement of fines

      4. Interpretation

        1. 11.Interpretation of Chapter 1

    2. Chapter 2 Provisions for combatting alcohol-related disorder

      1. Alcohol consumption in designated public places

        1. 12.Alcohol consumption in designated public places

        2. 13.Designated public places

        3. 14.Places which are not designated public places

        4. 15.Effect of sections 12 to 14 on byelaws

        5. 16.Interpretation of sections 12 to 15

      2. Closure of certain licensed premises

        1. 17.Closure of certain licensed premises due to disorder or disturbance

        2. 18.Amendments consequential on section 17

      3. Closure of unlicensed premises

        1. 19.Closure notices

        2. 20.Applications for closure orders

        3. 21.Closure orders

        4. 22.Termination of closure orders by constable or local authority

        5. 23.Discharge of closure orders by the court

        6. 24.Appeals

        7. 25.Enforcement of closure orders

        8. 26.Offences by body corporate

        9. 27.Service of notices

        10. 28.Sections 19 to 27: interpretation

      4. Other provisions for combatting alcohol-related disorder

        1. 29.Confiscation of alcohol containers from young persons

        2. 30.Sale of intoxicating liquor to a person under eighteen

        3. 31.Enforcement of certain offences relating to under-age drinking

        4. 32.Drunkenness or disorder on licensed premises

    3. Chapter 3 Other provisions for combatting crime and disorder

      1. Travel restrictions on drug trafficking offenders

        1. 33.Power to make travel restriction orders

        2. 34.Meaning of “drug trafficking offence”

        3. 35.Revocation and suspension of a travel restriction order

        4. 36.Offences of contravening orders

        5. 37.Saving for powers to remove a person from the United Kingdom

      2. Use of controlled drugs

        1. 38.Permitting use of controlled drugs on premises

      3. Intimidating, harming and threatening witnesses etc.

        1. 39.Intimidation of witnesses

        2. 40.Harming witnesses etc.

        3. 41.Relevant proceedings

      4. Further provision about intimidation etc.

        1. 42.Police directions stopping the harassment etc of a person in his home

        2. 43.Malicious communications

        3. 44.Collective harrassment

        4. 45.Addresses of directors and secretaries of companies

      5. Advertisements relating to prostitution

        1. 46.Placing of advertisement relating to prostitution

        2. 47.Application of section 46 by order to public structures

      6. Local child curfew schemes

        1. 48.Extension to older children

        2. 49.Power for police to make schemes

  3. Part 2 Powers of seizure

    1. Additional powers of seizure

      1. 50.Additional powers of seizure from premises

      2. 51.Additional powers of seizure from the person

      3. 52.Notice of exercise of power under s. 50 or 51

    2. Return or retention of seized property

      1. 53.Examination and return of property seized under s. 50 or 51

      2. 54.Obligation to return items subject to legal privilege

      3. 55.Obligation to return excluded and special procedure material

      4. 56.Property seized by constables etc.

      5. 57.Retention of seized items

      6. 58.Person to whom seized property is to be returned

    3. Remedies and safeguards

      1. 59.Application to the appropriate judicial authority

      2. 60.Cases where duty to secure arises

      3. 61.The duty to secure

      4. 62.Use of inextricably linked property

    4. Construction of Part 2

      1. 63.Copies

      2. 64.Meaning of “appropriate judicial authority”

      3. 65.Meaning of “legal privilege”

      4. 66.General interpretation of Part 2

    5. Supplemental provisions of Part 2

      1. 67.Application to customs officers

      2. 68.Application to Scotland

      3. 69.Application to powers designated by order

      4. 70.Consequential applications and amendments of enactments

  4. Part 3 Police and Criminal Evidence and the Terrorism Act

    1. Arrestable offences

      1. 71.Arrestable offences

      2. 72.Importation of indecent or obscene material

    2. Detention and arrest

      1. 73.Use of video and telephone links for decisions about detention

      2. 74.Authorisation for delay in notifying arrest

      3. 75.Use of video links for proceedings about Terrorism Act detention

    3. Codes of practice

      1. 76.Visual recording of interviews

      2. 77.Codes of practice

    4. Fingerprints and samples

      1. 78.Taking fingerprints

      2. 79.Authority for intimate searches

      3. 80.Samples

      4. 81.Speculative searches

      5. 82.Restriction on use and destruction of fingerprints and samples

      6. 83.Provision for Northern Ireland corresponding to s. 82

      7. 84.Amendment of Terrorism Act 2000 equivalent to s. 82

    5. Persons authorised by the Secretary of State

      1. 85.Power to apply 1984 Act provisions

    6. Execution of process in other domestic jurisdictions

      1. 86.Process for obtaining excluded and special procedure material

  5. Part 4 Police Training

    1. The Central Police Training and Development Authority

      1. 87.Establishment of the Authority

      2. 88.Functions of the Authority

      3. 89.Setting of objectives by the Secretary of State

      4. 90.The Authority’s annual objectives

      5. 91.Setting of performance targets

      6. 92.Training and development plans

      7. 93.Inspections of the Authority

      8. 94.Power to require reports from the Authority

      9. 95.Annual reports

      10. 96.Secretary of State’s duty to promote efficiency etc. of Authority

    2. Other provisions about training

      1. 97.Regulations for police forces

      2. 98.Directions after inspection identifies training needs

      3. 99.Joint provision of training

    3. Supplemental provisions in relation to police training

      1. 100.Orders and regulations under Part 4

      2. 101.Interpretation of Part 4

      3. 102.Consequential amendments relating to police training

      4. 103.Transitional arrangements relating to Authority’s establishment etc.

  6. Part 5 Police Organisation

    1. Police authorities etc.

      1. 104.Vice-chairmen

      2. 105.Political balance on police authorities

      3. 106.Removal of age qualification for membership

      4. 107.Payment of allowances to authority members etc.

    2. Constitution of the Service Authorities for NCIS and NCS

      1. 108.Number and appointment of members

      2. 109.Transitional provision relating to section 108 etc

    3. Financial provisions for NCIS Service Authority

      1. 110.Preparation of budget statement by NCIS Service Authority

      2. 111.Funding of NCIS Service Authority

      3. 112.Duty of NCIS Service Authority to prepare accounts

    4. Financial provisions for NCS Service Authority

      1. 113.Preparation of budget statement by NCS Service Authority

      2. 114.Funding of NCS Service Authority

      3. 115.Duty of NCS Service Authority to prepare accounts

    5. Director General and other members of NCIS

      1. 116.Appointment of NCIS Director General

      2. 117.Removal of NCIS members (other than the Director General)

      3. 118.Removal of NCIS Director General, etc.

    6. Director General and other members of NCS

      1. 119.Appointment of NCS Director General

      2. 120.Removal of NCS members (other than the Director General)

      3. 121.Removal of NCS Director General etc.

    7. Police ranks

      1. 122.Deputy Assistant Commissioners of Police of the Metropolis

      2. 123.Appointment and removal of deputy chief constables

      3. 124.Power of deputy to exercise functions of chief constable

      4. 125.Chief superintendents

    8. Police pensions etc.

      1. 126.Pensions for members of NCIS and NCS

      2. 127.Pensions for ACPO staff

    9. Minor and consequential amendments

      1. 128.Amendments relating to NCIS and NCS

  7. Part 6 Miscellaneous and supplemental

    1. Remands and committals

      1. 129.Requirement to give reasons for granting or continuing bail

      2. 130.Remands and committals to secure accommodation etc

      3. 131.Monitoring of compliance with bail conditions

      4. 132.Monitoring of compliance with conditions of non-secure remand

      5. 133.Arrangements for detention in secure training centres

    2. Criminal records

      1. 134.Registration for criminal records purposes

    3. Supplemental

      1. 135.Ministerial expenditure etc

      2. 136.General interpretation

      3. 137.Repeals

      4. 138.Short title, commencement and extent

    1. Schedule 1

      Powers of seizure

      1. Part 1 Powers to which section 50 applies

      2. Part 2 Powers to which section 51 applies

      3. Part 3 Powers to which section 55 applies

    2. Schedule 2

      Applications and minor and consequential amendments

      1. Part 1 Application of enactments

      2. Part 2 Minor and consequential amendments

    3. Schedule 3

      The Central Police Training and Development Authority

    4. Schedule 4

      Consequential amendments relating to police training

    5. Schedule 5

      The Service Authorities for NCIS and NCS

      1. Part 1 Core Members

      2. Part 2 Other members of NCIS Service Authority

      3. Part 3 Other members of NCS Service Authority

      4. Part 4 General

    6. Schedule 6

      Minor and consequential amendments relating to NCIS and NCS

      1. Part 1 The 1997 Act

      2. Part 2 Local government enactments relating to NCS Service Authority

      3. Part 3 Miscellaneous other enactments

    7. Schedule 7

      Repeals and revocations

      1. Part 1 Provisions for combatting alcohol-related disorder

      2. Part 2 Fingerprints and samples

      3. Part 3 Police Training

      4. Part 4 Police Organisation

      5. Part 5 NCIS and NCS

      6. Part 6 MiscellaneousCriminal Justice and Police Act 2001

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