Provisions coming into force on 1st June 2015
3. 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.