Serious Crime Act 2015
Serious Crime Act 2015 (2015 c. 9)
- Serious Crime Act 2015 (2015 c. 9)
- PART 1 Proceeds of crime
- CHAPTER 1 England and Wales
- Confiscation: assets held by defendant and other
- 1 Determination of extent of defendant's interest in property
- 2 Provision of information
- 3 Appeals
- 4 Enforcement receivers
- Confiscation: other amendments
- 5 Time for payment
- 6 Confiscation and victim surcharge orders
- 7 Orders for securing compliance with confiscation order
- 8 Variation or discharge
- 9 Absconding defendants
- 10 Default sentences
- 11 Conditions for exercise of restraint order powers
- 12 Continuation of restraint order after quashed conviction
- 13 Conditions for exercise of search and seizure powers
- 14 Seized money etc
- CHAPTER 2 Scotland
- Confiscation
- 15 Restitution order and victim surcharge
- 16 Orders for securing compliance with confiscation order
- 17 Compliance orders: appeals by prosecutor
- 18 Accused persons unlawfully at large
- 19 Enforcement of confiscation orders
- 20 Conditions for exercise of restraint order powers
- 21 Continuation of restraint order after conviction quashed or verdict set aside
- 22 Conditions for exercise of search and seizure powers
- Civil recovery
- 23 Prohibitory property orders: PPO receivers
- CHAPTER 3 Northern Ireland
- Confiscation: assets held by defendant and other
- 24 Determination of extent of defendant's interest in property
- 25 Provision of information
- 26 Appeals
- 27 Enforcement receivers
- Confiscation: other amendments
- 28 Time for payment
- 29 Orders for securing compliance with confiscation order
- 30 Variation or discharge
- 31 Absconding defendants
- 32 Default sentences
- 33 Conditions for exercise of restraint order powers
- 34 Continuation of restraint order after quashed conviction
- 35 Conditions for exercise of search and seizure powers
- 36 Seized money etc
- CHAPTER 4 Disclosures, investigations, co-operation and enforcement
- 37 Exemption from civil liability for money-laundering disclosures
- 38 Confiscation investigations
- 39 External orders and investigations: meaning of “obtaining property”
- 40 Confiscation orders by magistrates' courts
- PART 2 Computer misuse
- 41 Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage
- 42 Obtaining articles for purposes relating to computer misuse
- 43 Territorial scope of computer misuse offence
- 44 Savings
- PART 3 Organised, serious and gang-related crime
- Organised crime groups
- 45 Offence of participating in activities of organised crime group
- Serious crime prevention orders
- 46 Extension of Part 1 of Serious Crime Act 2007 to Scotland
- 47 Serious crime prevention orders: meaning of “serious offence”
- 48 Powers of Crown Court to replace orders on breach
- 49 Extension of order where person charged
- 50 Serious crime prevention orders and financial reporting etc
- Gang injunctions
- 51 Injunctions to prevent gang-related violence and drug-dealing activity
- PART 4 Seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents
- Warrants
- 52 Applications for search and seizure warrants
- 53 Further provisions about search and seizure warrants
- 54 Execution of search and seizure warrants
- Seizure
- 55 Seizure of substances under search and seizure warrant
- 56 Seizure of substances without search and seizure warrant
- 57 Notice to be given where substances seized
- 58 Containers
- Retention of seized substances
- 59 Initial retention of seized substances
- 60 Continued retention or return of seized substances
- Forfeiture etc or return of seized substances
- 61 Forfeiture and disposal, or return, of seized substances
- 62 Appeal against decision under section 61
- 63 Return of substance to person entitled to it, or disposal if return impracticable
- Supplementary
- 64 Compensation
- 65 Interpretation etc
- PART 5 Protection of children and others
- Protection of children
- 66 Child cruelty offence
- 67 Sexual communication with a child
- 68 Child sexual exploitation
- 69 Possession of paedophile manual
- Female genital mutilation
- 70 Offence of female genital mutilation: extra-territorial acts
- 71 Anonymity for victims of female genital mutilation
- 72 Offence of failing to protect girl from risk of genital mutilation
- 73 Female genital mutilation protection orders
- 74 Duty to notify police of female genital mutilation
- 75 Guidance about female genital mutilation
- Strangulation or suffocation
- 75A Strangulation or suffocation
- 75B Offences under section 75A committed outside the United Kingdom
- Domestic abuse
- 76 Controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship
- 76A Offences under section 76 committed outside the United Kingdom
- 77 Guidance about investigation of offences under section 76
- PART 6 Miscellaneous and general
- Miscellaneous
- 78 Knives and offensive weapons in prisons
- 79 Throwing articles into prisons
- 80 Prevention or restriction of use of communication devices by prisoners etc
- 80A Prevention or restriction of use of communication devices for drug dealing
- 81 Preparation or training abroad for terrorism
- 82 Approval of draft decisions under Article 352 of TFEU relating to serious crime
- 83 Codes of practice about investigatory powers: journalistic sources
- 84 Termination of pregnancy on grounds of sex of foetus
- General
- 85 Minor and consequential amendments
- 86 Transitional and saving provisions
- 87 Extent
- 88 Commencement
- 89 Short title
- SCHEDULES
- SCHEDULE 1 Amendments of Serious Crime Act 2007: Scotland
- SCHEDULE 2 Execution of search and seizure warrants
- Persons who may execute warrant
- Warrant to be executed within 3 months
- All-premises warrants
- Search of premises more than once
- Time of search
- Evidence of authority etc
- Extent of search
- Inspection of substances
- Securing premises after entry
- Endorsement of warrant
- Return and retention of warrant
- Interpretation etc
- SCHEDULE 3 Paedophile manuals: providers of information society services
- Interpretation of this Schedule
- Domestic service providers: extension of liability
- Non-UK service providers: restriction on institution of proceedings
- Exception for mere conduits
- Exception for caching
- Exception for hosting
- SCHEDULE 4 Minor and consequential amendments
- Visiting Forces Act 1952 (c. 67)
- Street Offences Act 1959 (c. 57)
- Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (c. 19)
- Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47)
- Senior Courts Act 1981 (c. 54)
- Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27)
- Computer Misuse Act 1990 (c. 18)
- Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41)
- Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)
- Family Law Act 1996 (c. 27)
- Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (c. 23)
- Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)
- Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31)
- Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)
- Sexual Offences Act 2003 (c. 42)
- Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)
- Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)
- Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11)
- Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)
- Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27)
- Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26)
- Crime and Security Act 2010 (c. 17)
- Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (c. 10)
- Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 (c. 3)
- Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)