(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations are the seventh commencement regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 88(1) of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9) (“the 2015 Act”). Regulation 2 brings into force on 3 April 2017 the consequential provisions in Schedule 4 to the 2015 Act relevant to the commencement of section 67 of that Act by SI 2017/451.