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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/section/38/2011-01-21</dc:identifier><dc:title>Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001</dc:title><dc:description>An Act to make provision for combatting crime and disorder; to make provision about the disclosure of information relating to criminal matters and about powers of search and seizure; to amend the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984, the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 and the Terrorism Act 2000; to make provision about the police, the National Criminal Intelligence Service and the National Crime Squad; to make provision about the powers of the courts in relation to criminal matters; and for connected purposes.</dc:description><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2026-01-16</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2011-01-21</dct:valid>
					
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          <Strong>Part 1</Strong>
        </Number><Title> Provisions for Combatting Crime and Disorder</Title><Chapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2001/16/part/1/chapter/3/2011-01-21" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2001/16/part/1/chapter/3" NumberOfProvisions="18" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I." id="part-1-chapter-3" RestrictStartDate="2011-01-21"><Number>
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