Crime and Disorder Act 1998

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Changes and effects yet to be applied to Section 2:

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s. 2 repealed by 2003 c. 42 Sch. 6 para. 38(2) Sch. 7
s. 51-51E substituted for s. 51 by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 18

Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters:

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Act modified by 2008 c. 1 s. 29
Blanket Amendment words substituted by 2005 c. 4 Sch. 11 para. 1(2)

Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):

Pt. 3A substituted for s. 57 by 2006 c. 48 s. 45
Pt. 3A title text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(3)
s. 1B by 2002 c. 30 s. 63
s. 1B(3A)-(3C) inserted by 2003 c. 38 s. 85(5)
s. 1B(5) text amended by 2003 c. 38 s. 85(6)
s. 1B(8)(9) inserted by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(6)
s. 1F inserted by 2005 c. 15 s. 142(1)
s. 1G 1H inserted by 2005 c. 17 s. 20(1)
s. 1I inserted by 2005 c. 15 s. 143
s. 1I(3)(a) text amended by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 72(a)
s. 1I(3)(b) text amended by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 72(b)
s. 1I(3)(c) repealed by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 23 Pt. 3
s. 1I(3)(ca) inserted by 2009 c. 25 Sch. 21 para. 72(c)
s. 1J 1K inserted by 2008 c. 4 s. 123(1)
s. 1AA 1AB inserted by 2003 c. 44 s. 322
s. 1AA text amended by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(1)
s. 1AA(3)(a) text amended by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(2)
s. 1AA(5) text amended by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(3)
s. 1AA(9) text amended by 2004 c. 31 Sch. 5 Pt. 4
s. 1AA(10)(a) text amended by 2004 c. 31 Sch. 5 Pt. 4
s. 1AA(10)(b) amendment to earlier affecting provision 2003 c. 44 s. 322 by 2004 c. 31 Sch. 2 para. 8
s. 1AB(5A) inserted by 2008 c. 4 s. 124(5)
s. 1CA inserted by 2005 c. 15 s. 140(4)
s. 8A inserted by 2010 c. 17 s. 41(3)
s. 13A-13E inserted by 2005 c. 15 Sch. 10 para. 2
s. 17A inserted by 2006 c. 48 Sch. 9 para. 5
s. 22A inserted by 2003 asp 7 s. 83
s. 22A repealed by 2004 asp 8 Sch. 5
s. 39A inserted by 2009 c. 22 s. 51
s. 50A inserted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 17
s. 51A(12)(a) text amended by 2006 c. 38 Sch. 1 para. 5 Sch. 5
s. 51A(12)(c) and word inserted by 2006 c. 38 Sch. 1 para. 5
s. 51B(9)(c) substituted for s. 51B(9)(c)(d) by 2005 c. 11 Sch. 4 para. 69
s. 51C(3)(e) modified by 2007 c. 27 Sch. 6 para. 36
s. 52A 52B inserted by 2003 c. 44 Sch. 3 Pt. 1 para. 19(1)
s. 57A(1)(a) text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(2)(a)(i)
s. 57A(1)(b) text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(2)(a)(ii)
s. 57A(3) inserted by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(2)(b)
s. 57B(7) added by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(2)
s. 57C(6A) inserted by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(3)(a)
s. 57C(7) repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(3)(b) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
s. 57C(8) text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(3)(c) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
s. 57C(9)(a) and word repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(3)(d) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
s. 57D(2)(b) repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(4)(a)(i) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
s. 57D(2)(c) text amended by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(4)(a)(ii)
s. 57D(3)(a) and word repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(4)(b) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
s. 57E applied by 2005 c. 15 s. 75A (as inserted) by 2006 c. 48 Sch. 14 para. 62
s. 57E(5)(a) and word repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(5)(a) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
s. 57E(7)(a) and word repealed by 2009 c. 25 s. 106(7)(a) Sch. 23 Pt. 3
s. 57F inserted by 2009 c. 25 s. 109(1)
s. 66A-66H inserted by 2008 c. 4 Sch. 9 para. 3

Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Crime and Disorder Act 1998:

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Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:

S.I. 2003/120 art. 2 Sch. commences (2002 c. 29)
S.I. 2003/333 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 29)
S.I. 2003/525 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 30)
S.I. 2003/708 art. 2 commences (2001 c. 16)
S.I. 2003/808 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 30)
S.I. 2003/3103 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 41)
S.I. 2003/3300 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 38)
S.I. 2004/81 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 44)
S.I. 2004/119 art. 2 commences (2002 c. 30)
S.I. 2004/690 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 38)
S.I. 2004/829 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 44)
S.I. 2004/874 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 42)
S.I. 2004/913 art. 2 3 commences (2002 c. 30)
S.I. 2004/999 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 38)
S.I. 2004/1572 art. 2 3 commences (2003 c. 20)
S.I. 2004/2168 art. 2-5 commences (2003 c. 38)
S.I. 2004/2304 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
S.I. 2004/2917 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 21)
S.I. 2004/3033 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 44)
S.I. 2005/394 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)
S.I. 2005/950 art. 2-4 commences (2003 c. 44)
S.I. 2005/1126 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 11)
S.I. 2005/1521 art. 2-4 commences (2005 c. 15)
S.I. 2005/2122 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2005/950 Sch. 2 para. 23
S.I. 2005/3495 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
S.I. 2006/378 art. 2-7 Sch. commences (2005 c. 15)
S.I. 2006/835 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SI 2004/2168 art. 4(1)
S.I. 2006/885 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 31)
S.I. 2006/1014 art. 2 Sch. 1 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
S.I. 2006/1278 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 38)
S.I. 2006/1835 art. 2 commences (2003 c. 44)
S.I. 2006/1871 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 15)
S.I. 2006/2136 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 17)
S.I. 2006/2491 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 9)
S.I. 2006/3364 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
S.I. 2007/709 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 48)
S.I. 2007/858 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 38)
S.I. 2007/1614 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)
S.I. 2007/1801 art. 2-4 commences (2006 c. 40)
S.I. 2007/3001 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 21)
S.I. 2007/3073 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
S.I. 2007/3251 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
S.I. 2008/504 art. 2-4 commences (2007 c. 21)
S.I. 2008/791 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 38)
S.I. 2008/2504 art. 2 commences (2007 c. 27)
S.I. 2008/2785 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 48)
S.I. 2009/140 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 4)
S.I. 2009/812 art. 3 commences (2006 c. 52)
S.I. 2009/860 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 4)
S.I. 2009/936 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
S.I. 2009/1059 Order transitional provisions for effects of commencing SI 2009/812
S.I. 2009/1167 art. 3 4 commences (2006 c. 52)
S.I. 2009/1604 art. 2 commences (2005 c. 4)
S.I. 2009/2616 art. 2 commences (2004 c. 28)
S.I. 2009/2780 art. 2 commences (2008 c. 4)
S.I. 2009/3074 art. 2 3 commences (2008 c. 4)
S.I. 2009/3253 art. 2 3 commences (2009 c. 25)
S.I. 2009/3318 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 20)
S.I. 2010/145 art. 2 Sch. commences (2009 c. 25)
S.I. 2010/303 art. 2-7 Sch. 1-6 commences (2009 c. 22)
S.I. 2010/507 art. 2-5 commences (2009 c. 26)
S.I. 2010/816 art. 2-6 Sch. commences (2009 c. 25)
S.I. 2010/2543 art. 2 3 commences (2006 c. 40)
S.I. 2011/829 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 22)
S.I. 2011/1452 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 25)
S.I. 2011/2144 art. 2 commences (2006 c. 48)
S.I. 2011/2148 art. 2 commences (2009 c. 25)
S.I. 2011/3016 art. 2 commences (2010 c. 7)
S.I. 2011/3019 art. 3 Sch. 1 Comencement Order
S.S.I. 2003/288 art. 2 Sch. commences (2003 asp 7)
S.S.I. 2004/420 art. 2-4 commences (2004 asp 8)
S.S.I. 2005/161 art. 2-4 commences (2003 asp 13)
S.S.I. 2005/375 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SSI 2005/161 art. 3
S.S.I. 2005/553 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SSI 2004/420
S.S.I. 2006/104 art. 2 amendment to earlier commencing SSI 2004/420 art. 2
S.S.I. 2010/413 art. 2 Sch. commences (2010 asp 13)

2 Sex offender orders.E+W

(1)If it appears to a chief officer of police that the following conditions are fulfilled with respect to any person [F1who he believes is in, or is intending to come to, his police area] , namely—

(a)that the person is a sex offender; and

(b)that the person has acted, since the relevant date, in such a way as to give reasonable cause to believe that an order under this section is necessary to protect [F2the public in the United Kingdom, or any particular members of that public,] from serious harm from him,

the chief officer may apply for an order under this section to be made in respect of the person.

(2)Such an application shall be made by complaint to F3

[F4(a)any magistrates’ court]

[F5; or]

[F6(b)any magistrates’ court whose commission area includes any part of the applicant’s police area.]

whose commission area includes any place where it is alleged that the defendant acted in such a way as is mentioned in subsection (1)(b) above.

(3)If, on such an application, it is proved that the conditions mentioned in subsection (1) above are fulfilled, the magistrates’ court may make an order under this section (a “sex offender order”) which prohibits the defendant from doing anything described in the order.

(4)The prohibitions that may be imposed by a sex offender order are those necessary for the purpose of protecting [F7the public in the United Kingdom, or any particular members of that public,] from serious harm from the defendant.

(5)A sex offender order shall have effect for a period (not less than five years) specified in the order or until further order; and while such an order has effect, Part I of the M1Sex Offenders Act 1997 shall have effect as if—

(a)the defendant were subject to the notification requirements of that Part; and

(b)in relation to the defendant, the relevant date (within the meaning of that Part) were the date of service of the order.

(6)Subject to subsection (7) below, the applicant [F8, any other relevant chief officer of police] or the defendant may apply by complaint to [F9the appropriate court for the sex offender order] to be varied or discharged by a further order.

[F10(6A)In subsection (6) above—

“the appropriate court” means—
(a)
the court which made the sex offender order; or
(b)
any magistrates’ court whose commission area includes any part of the police area of the applicant or of any other relevant chief officer of police;
“relevant chief officer of police” means a chief officer of police who believes that the defendant is in, or is intending to come to, his police area.]

(7)Except with the consent of both parties [F11and subject to subsection (7A) below] , no sex offender order shall be discharged before the end of the period of five years beginning with the date of service of the order.

[F12(7A)Where any magistrates’ court makes a sex offender order in relation to a person who is already subject to such an order (whether made by that court or another), the earlier order is discharged by the making of the subsequent one.]

(8)If without reasonable excuse a person does anything which he is prohibited from doing by a sex offender order, he [F13is guilty of an offence and] liable—

(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both; or

(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or to a fine, or to both.

(9)Where a person is convicted of an offence under subsection (8) above, it shall not be open to the court by or before which he is so convicted to make an order under subsection (1)(b) (conditional discharge) of [F14section 12 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000] in respect of the offence.

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Amendments (Textual)

F1Words in s. 2(1) substituted (2.12.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(2)(a); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F2Words in s. 2(1) substituted (2.12.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(2)(b); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F3S. 2(2)(a) and preceding word substituted (2.12.2002) for words in s. 2(2) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(3)(a); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F4S. 2(2)(a) and preceding word substituted (2.12.2002) for words in s. 2(2) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(3)(a); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F5S. 2(2)(b) and preceding word inserted (2.12.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(3)(b); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F6S. 2(2)(b) and preceding word inserted (2.12.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(3)(b); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F7Words in s. 2(4) substituted (2.12.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 67(10) of the amending Act) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(4)(10); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F8Words in s. 2(6) inserted (2.12.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 67(10) of the amending Act) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(5)(a)(10); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F9Words in s. 2(6) substituted (2.12.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 67(10) of the amending Act) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(5)(b)(10); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F10S. 2(6A) inserted (2.12.2002 with application as mentioned in s. 67(10) of the amending Act) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(6)(10); S.I. 2002/2750, art. 2(a)(viii)

F11Words in s. 2(7) inserted (2.12.2002) by Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30), s. 67(7); S.I. 2002/2750, art 2(a)(viii)