Provisions coming into force on 3rd May 20152
The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force on 3rd May 2015—
a
section 41 (unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage);
b
section 42 (obtaining articles for purposes relating to computer misuse);
c
section 43 (territorial scope of computer misuse offence);
d
section 44 (savings);
e
section 45 (offence of participating in activities of organised crime group);
f
section 47 (serious crime prevention orders: meaning of “serious offence”);
g
section 48 (powers of crown court to replace orders on breach);
h
section 49 (extension of order where person charged);
i
in section 50 (serious crime prevention orders and financial reporting etc), subsections (1)(a) and (c) and (2);
j
sections 52 to 65 (seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents);
k
section 66 (child cruelty offence);
l
section 68 (child sexual exploitation);
m
section 69 (possession of paedophile manual);
n
section 84 (termination of pregnancy on grounds of sex of foetus);
o
section 85(1) (minor and consequential amendments), for the purposes of the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (r) of this regulation;
p
Schedule 2 (execution of search and seizure warrants);
q
Schedule 3 (paedophile manuals: providers of information society services); and
r
in Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—
i
paragraph 1;
ii
paragraph 2;
iii
paragraphs 7 to 12;
iv
paragraph 18;
v
paragraph 58;
vi
paragraph 62;
vii
paragraphs 64 and 65;
viii
paragraph 66(1) and (3);
ix
paragraph 68(1) and (3) to (5);
x
paragraph 69;
xi
paragraph 70(1), (3) and (4);
xii
paragraph 72;
xiii
paragraph 73(1) and (5);
xiv
paragraph 75;
xv
paragraphs 76 to 80;
xvi
paragraph 81;
xvii
paragraph 82; and
xviii
paragraph 90.