The Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2015

Statutory Instruments

2015 No. 1428 (C. 80)

Family Law, England And Wales

Family Law, Northern Ireland

The Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2015

Made

25th June 2015

The Secretary of State, having consulted the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland in accordance with section 88(7)(e) of the Serious Crime Act 2015(1), makes the following Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 88(1) of that Act.

Citation

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2015.

Provisions coming into force on 17th July 2015

2.  The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force on 17th July 2015—

(a) section 73 (female genital mutilation protection orders);

(b) section 85(1) (minor and consequential amendments), for the purposes of the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (c) of this regulation; and

(c) in Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—

(i) paragraph 5;

(ii) paragraph 13;

(iii) paragraph 17;

(iv) paragraph 87(2); and

(v) paragraph 88.

Mike Penning

Minister of State

Ministry of Justice

25th June 2015

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are the second commencement regulations made under the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9) (“the 2015 Act”).

Regulation 2 brings into force on 17th July 2015 section 73 of the 2015 Act, which inserts new section 5A of and Schedule 2 to the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31) to make provision for female genital mutilation protection orders in England and Wales and in Northern Ireland. Regulation 2 also brings into force on the same day consequential amendments in Schedule 4 to the 2015 Act that relate to these provisions.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT REGULATIONS

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 were brought into force by Statutory Instrument before these Regulations were made.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Section 1 to 4	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 5	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 6	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 7	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 8	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 9	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 10	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 11	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 12	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 14	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 37	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 39	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 40	01.06.15	2015/820
Section 41	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 42	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 43	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 44	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 45	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 47	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 48	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 49	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 50 (partially)	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 51	01.06.2015	2015/820
Sections 52 to 65	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 66	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 68	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 69	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 78	01.06.2015	2015/820
Section 84	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 85(1) (partially)	03.05.2015	2015/820
Section 85(1) (partially)	01.06.2015	2015/820
Schedule 2	03.05.2015	2015/820
Schedule 3	03.05.2015	2015/820
Schedule 4 (partially)	03.05.2015	2015/820
Schedule 4 (partially)	01.06.2015	2015/820

(1)

2015 c. 9.