Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27)

Part 1 U.K. Serious Crime Prevention Orders

General safeguards in relation to orders E+W+N.I.

8 Limited class of applicants for making of orders E+W+N.I.

A serious crime prevention order may be made only on an application by—

(a) in the case of an order in England and Wales—

(i) the Director of Public Prosecutions;

F1 (ii) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(iii) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office; F2 ...

[F3 (aa) in the case of an order in Scotland, the Lord Advocate;]

(b) in the case of an order in Northern Ireland, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 8(a)(ii) omitted (27.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 46

F2 Word in s. 8(a) omitted (1.3.2016) by virtue of Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), s. 88(1), Sch. 1 para. 9(a); S.I. 2016/148, reg. 3(f)

F3 S. 8(aa) inserted (1.3.2016) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), s. 88(1), Sch. 1 para. 9(b); S.I. 2016/148, reg. 3(f)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 8 in force at 6.4.2008 by S.I. 2008/755, art. 15(1)(d)