2015 No. 820 (C. 52)
The Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2015
Made
The Secretary of State, having consulted the Scottish Ministers in accordance with section 88(6)(c) and (e) and (8) of the Serious Crime Act 20151 and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland in accordance with section 88(7)(b), (c) and (d) and (8) of that Act, makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 88(1) of that Act:
Citation1
These Regulations may be cited as the Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2015.
Provisions coming into force on 3rd May 20152
The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force on 3rd May 2015—
a
section 41 (unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage);
b
section 42 (obtaining articles for purposes relating to computer misuse);
c
section 43 (territorial scope of computer misuse offence);
d
section 44 (savings);
e
section 45 (offence of participating in activities of organised crime group);
f
section 47 (serious crime prevention orders: meaning of “serious offence”);
g
section 48 (powers of crown court to replace orders on breach);
h
section 49 (extension of order where person charged);
i
in section 50 (serious crime prevention orders and financial reporting etc), subsections (1)(a) and (c) and (2);
j
sections 52 to 65 (seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents);
k
section 66 (child cruelty offence);
l
section 68 (child sexual exploitation);
m
section 69 (possession of paedophile manual);
n
section 84 (termination of pregnancy on grounds of sex of foetus);
o
section 85(1) (minor and consequential amendments), for the purposes of the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (r) of this regulation;
p
Schedule 2 (execution of search and seizure warrants);
q
Schedule 3 (paedophile manuals: providers of information society services); and
r
in Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—
i
paragraph 1;
ii
paragraph 2;
iii
paragraphs 7 to 12;
iv
paragraph 18;
v
paragraph 58;
vi
paragraph 62;
vii
paragraphs 64 and 65;
viii
paragraph 66(1) and (3);
ix
paragraph 68(1) and (3) to (5);
x
paragraph 69;
xi
paragraph 70(1), (3) and (4);
xii
paragraph 72;
xiii
paragraph 73(1) and (5);
xiv
paragraph 75;
xv
paragraphs 76 to 80;
xvi
paragraph 81;
xvii
paragraph 82; and
xviii
paragraph 90.
Provisions coming into force on 1st June 20153
The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force on 1st June 2015—
a
sections 1 to 4 (confiscation: assets held by defendant and other);
b
section 5 (time for payment);
c
section 6 (confiscation and victim surcharge orders);
d
section 7 (orders for securing compliance with confiscation order);
e
section 8 (variation or discharge);
f
section 9 (absconding defenders);
g
section 10 (default sentences);
h
section 11 (conditions for exercise of restraint order powers);
i
section 12 (continuation of restraint order after quashed conviction);
j
section 14 (seized money etc);
k
section 37 (exemption from civil liability for money-laundering disclosures);
l
section 39 (external orders and investigations: meaning of “obtaining property”);
m
section 40 (confiscation orders by magistrates’ courts);
n
section 51 (injunctions to prevent gang-related violence and drug-dealing activity);
o
section 78 (knives and offensive weapons in prisons);
p
section 85(1), for the purposes of the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (q) of this regulation; and
q
in Schedule 4—
i
paragraph 3;
ii
paragraph 6;
iii
paragraphs 19 to 34;
iv
paragraphs 52 to 54;
v
paragraphs 56 to 57;
vi
paragraph 59;
vii
paragraph 61;
viii
paragraph 67;
ix
paragraphs 83 to 86;
x
paragraph 87(1), (3) and (4); and
xi
paragraph 89.
(This note is not part of the Regulations)