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UK Law Reference
All sections of Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023
2023 c. 55, s.242

Section 242 — Report on enforcement of the Vagrancy Act 1824

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This version in force from 2023-12-26

Snapshot: 2026-08-24

Reproduced from legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Amendments made after 2026-08-24 may not be reflected — always check the official text .

(1) The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a report on the impact of the enforcement of sections 3 and 4 of the Vagrancy Act 1824 on the levelling-up missions (within the meaning given by section 1(2)(a)).

(2) The report must be published within the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which this section comes into force.

(3) This section ceases to have effect on the day on which section 81 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (repeal of the Vagrancy Act 1824 etc) comes into force.