2008 No. 2353

Disclosure Of Information

The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Specified Anti-fraud Organisations) Order 2008

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 68(8) of the Serious Crime Act 20071, makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement1

This Order may be cited as the Serious Crime Act 2007 (Specified Anti-fraud Organisations) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st October 2008.

Specified anti-fraud organisations2

The following anti-fraud organisations are specified pursuant to section 68 of the Serious Crime Act 2007—

a

CIFAS;

b

Experian Limited;

c

Insurance Fraud Investigators Group;

d

N Hunter Limited;

e

The Insurance Fraud Bureau;

f

The Telecommunications United Kingdom Fraud Forum Limited.

Vernon CoakerParliamentary Under Secretary of StateHome Office
EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

Section 68 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 provides a power for a public authority to disclose information as a member of a specified anti-fraud organisation or otherwise in accordance with arrangements made by such an organisation, for the purposes of preventing fraud or a particular kind of fraud. An anti-fraud organisation is any unincorporated association, body corporate or other person which enables or facilitates any sharing of information to prevent fraud or a particular kind of fraud or which has any of these functions as its purpose or one of its purposes. A specified anti-fraud organisation is an anti-fraud organisation specified in article 2 of this Order.