http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/27/section/44/notesCrimeCrime preventionLegislationCrown courtsCourts of lawExplanatory Notes to Serious Crime Act 2007Home OfficeKing's Printer of Acts of Parliament2020-04-21 27 30th October 2007 Part 2: Encouraging or Assisting Crime 144 This section creates a new offence of intentionally encouraging or assisting an offence. 145 Subsection (1) sets out what a person must do to commit the offence. He must do an act capable of encouraging or assisting the commission of an offence and intend to encourage or assist its commission. 146 Subsection (2) provides further definition as to what is meant by “intention” in this clause, making it clear that foresight of consequences is not sufficient to establish intention.