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GBR-2015-L-101876
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Title_of_text
Serious Crime Act 2015 (2015 c. 9).
Main Region
First Region
Country(ies)
United Kingdom
Subjects (Classification)
General provisions; Criminal and penal law
Adopted on (Date of text)
2015-03-03
Scope of text
National
Type of legislation (Type of text)
Law, Act
Second Region
Abstract/Citation
An Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, the Sexual Offences Act 2003, the Street Offences Act 1959, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005, the Prison Act 1952 and the Terrorism Act 2006; to make provision about involvement in organised crime groups and about serious crime prevention orders; to make provision for the seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents; to make it an offence to possess an item that contains advice or guidance about committing sexual offences against children; to create an offence in relation to controlling or coercive behaviour in intimate or family relationships; to make provision for the prevention or restriction of the use of communication devices by persons detained in custodial institutions; to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union relating to serious crime; to make provision about codes of practice that relate to the exercise and performance, in connection with the prevention or detection of serious crime, of powers and duties in relation to communications; and for connected purposes.
Amended Text region
Amended text(s)
2006-03-30 (GBR-2006-L-73632)
Terrorism Act 2006 (c.11).
Amended text(s)
2009-11-12 (GBR-2009-L-83089)
Policing and Crime Act 2009 c.26.
Amended text(s)
2003-11-20 (GBR-2003-L-83093)
Sexual Offences Act 2003 c.42.
Amended text(s)
1933-04-13 (GBR-1933-L-88233)
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12).
Amended text(s)
2003-10-30 (GBR-2003-L-101877)
Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (2003 c. 31).
Amended text(s)
2005-07-01 (GBR-2005-L-101878)
Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 (2005 asp 8).
Electronic region
Electronic source title
Legislation on-line
Author
The National Archives
Country
United Kingdom
URL
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/9/introduction