S. 82 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 82 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 83 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 83 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 84 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 84 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 85 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 85 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 86 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 86 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 87 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 87 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 88 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 88 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 89 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 89 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 90 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 90 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 91 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 91 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 92 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 92 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 93 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 93 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

S. 94 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 5(1)

S. 94 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by S.S.I. 2006/166, art. 2(1)(b)

Words in s. 82 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 178(2)(a), 185(1) (with s. 178(7)); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 18

Words in s. 82(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 178(2)(b), 185(1) (with s. 178(7)); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 18

S. 82(5)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 48(13)(a)

S. 82(5)(d) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 160; S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)

S. 82(5)(f) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 48(13)(b)

S. 82(5A)(5B) inserted (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 178(2)(c), 185(1) (with s. 178(7)); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 18

S. 82(6) repealed (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 178(2)(d), 185(1) (with s. 178(7)); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 18

Words in s. 82(6) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 20 (with arts. 28-31)

Words in s. 87(5) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 21(a) (with arts. 28-31)

S. 87(6A) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 21(b) (with arts. 28-31)

Words in s. 89(5) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 22(a) (with arts. 28-31)

S. 89(6A) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 22(b) (with arts. 28-31)

Ss. 91, 92 repealed (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 178(3), 185(1) (with s. 178(7)); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 18

S. 93(1)(b) and preceding word repealed (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12), ss. 178(4), 185(1) (with s. 178(7)); S.I. 2014/949, art. 3, Sch. para. 18

S. 94(9) repealed (S.) (1.4.2007) by Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10), s. 104(1), Sch. 6 para. 13(10); S.S.I. 2007/84, art. 3(3) and repealed (E.W.N.I.) by Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1098), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 6(10)

http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/15/part/2/chapter/4/2016-03-01Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Serious Organised Crime Agency; to make provision about investigations, prosecutions, offenders and witnesses in criminal proceedings and the protection of persons involved in investigations or proceedings; to provide for the implementation of certain international obligations relating to criminal matters; to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder, including new provision about powers of arrest and search warrants and about parental compensation orders; to make further provision about the police and policing and persons supporting the police; to make provision for protecting certain organisations from interference with their activities; to make provision about criminal records; to provide for the Private Security Industry Act 2001 to extend to Scotland; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-10-15Expert Participation2016-03-01Part 2Investigations, prosecutions, proceedings and proceeds of crimeChapter 4Protection of witnesses and other persons
82Protection of persons involved in investigations or proceedingsarrangements for persons at risk(1)

A protection provider may make such arrangements as he considers appropriate for the purpose of protecting a person of a description specified in Schedule 5 if—

(a)

the protection provider considers that the person's safety is at risk by virtue of his being a person of a description so specified, and

(b)

the person is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.

any person if he reasonably believes that the person's safety is at risk in view of the criminal conduct or possible criminal conduct of another person.

(2)

A protection provider may vary or cancel any arrangements made by him under subsection (1) if he considers it appropriate to do so.

(3)

If a protection provider makes arrangements under subsection (1) or cancels arrangements made under that subsection, he must record that he has done so.

(4)

In determining whether to make arrangements under subsection (1), or to vary or cancel arrangements made under that subsection, a protection provider must, in particular, have regard to—

(a)

the nature and extent of the risk to the person's safety,

(b)

the cost of the arrangements,

(c)

the likelihood that the person, and any person associated with him, will be able to adjust to any change in their circumstances which may arise from the making of the arrangements or from their variation or cancellation (as the case may be), and

(d)

if the person is or might be a witness in legal proceedings (whether or not in the United Kingdom), the nature of the proceedings and the importance of his being a witness in those proceedings.

(5)

A protection provider is—

(a)

a chief officer of a police force in England and Wales;

(b)

the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland;

(c)

the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;

(d)

the Director General of the National Crime Agency;

(e)

any of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;

(f)

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(g)

a person designated by a person mentioned in any of the preceding paragraphs to exercise his functions under this section.

(5A)

In subsection (1), “criminal conduct” means conduct which constitutes an offence in England and Wales or Scotland, or would do if it occurred there.

(5B)

Nothing in this section prevents a protection provider from making arrangements under this section for the protection of a person where non-statutory arrangements have already been made in respect of that person.

(6)

The Secretary of State may, after consulting the Scottish Ministers and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland, by order amend Schedule 5 so as to add, modify or omit any entry.

(7)

Nothing in this section affects any power which a person has (otherwise than by virtue of this section) to make arrangements for the protection of another person.

83Joint arrangements(1)

Arrangements may be made under section 82(1) by two or more protection providers acting jointly.

(2)

If arrangements are made jointly by virtue of subsection (1), any powers conferred on a protection provider by this Chapter are exercisable in relation to the arrangements by—

(a)

all of the protection providers acting together, or

(b)

one of the protection providers, or some of the protection providers acting together, with the agreement of the others.

(3)

Nothing in this section or in section 84 affects any power which a protection provider has to request or obtain assistance from another protection provider.

84Transfer of responsibility to other protection provider(1)

A protection provider who makes arrangements under section 82(1) may agree with another protection provider that, as from a date specified in the agreement—

(a)

the protection provider will cease to discharge any responsibilities which he has in relation to the arrangements, and

(b)

the other protection provider will discharge those responsibilities instead.

(2)

Any such agreement may include provision for the making of payments in respect of any costs incurred or likely to be incurred in consequence of the agreement.

(3)

If an agreement is made under subsection (1), any powers conferred on a protection provider by this Chapter (including the power conferred by subsection (1)) are, as from the date specified in the agreement, exercisable by the other protection provider as if he had made the arrangements under section 82(1).

(4)

Each protection provider who makes an agreement under subsection (1) must record that he has done so.

85Duty to assist protection providers(1)

This section applies if a protection provider requests assistance from a public authority in connection with the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements.

(2)

The public authority must take reasonable steps to provide the assistance requested.

(3)

Public authority” includes any person certain of whose functions are of a public nature but does not include—

(a)

a court or tribunal,

(b)

either House of Parliament or a person exercising functions in connection with proceedings in Parliament, or

(c)

the Scottish Parliament or a person exercising functions in connection with proceedings in the Scottish Parliament.

86Offence of disclosing information about protection arrangements(1)

A person commits an offence if—

(a)

he discloses information which relates to the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or to the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements, and

(b)

he knows or suspects that the information relates to the making of such arrangements or to their implementation, variation or cancellation.

(2)

A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—

(a)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both;

(b)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

(3)

In the application of this section to Scotland or Northern Ireland, the reference in subsection (2)(b) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.

87Defences to liability under section 86(1)

A person (P) is not guilty of an offence under section 86 if—

(a)

at the time when P disclosed the information, he was or had been a protected person,

(b)

the information related only to arrangements made for the protection of P or for the protection of P and a person associated with him, and

(c)

at the time when P disclosed the information, it was not likely that its disclosure would endanger the safety of any person.

(2)

A person (D) is not guilty of an offence under section 86 if—

(a)

D disclosed the information with the agreement of a person (P) who, at the time the information was disclosed, was or had been a protected person,

(b)

the information related only to arrangements made for the protection of P or for the protection of P and a person associated with him, and

(c)

at the time when D disclosed the information, it was not likely that its disclosure would endanger the safety of any person.

(3)

A person is not guilty of an offence under section 86 if he disclosed the information for the purposes of safeguarding national security or for the purposes of the prevention, detection or investigation of crime.

(4)

A person is not guilty of an offence under section 86 if—

(a)

at the time when he disclosed the information, he was a protection provider or involved in the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or in the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements, and

(b)

he disclosed the information for the purposes of the making, implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements.

(5)

The Secretary of State may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in section 86(1) is not guilty in England and Wales ... of an offence under that section.

(6)

The Scottish Ministers may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in section 86(1) is not guilty in Scotland of an offence under that section.

(6A)

The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in section 86(1) is not guilty in Northern Ireland of an offence under that section.

(7)

If sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue with respect to a defence under or by virtue of this section, the court or jury must assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.

88Offences of disclosing information relating to persons assuming new identity(1)

A person (P) commits an offence if—

(a)

P is or has been a protected person,

(b)

P assumed a new identity in pursuance of arrangements made under section 82(1),

(c)

P discloses information which indicates that he assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity, and

(d)

P knows or suspects that the information disclosed by him indicates that he assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity.

(2)

A person (D) commits an offence if—

(a)

D discloses information which relates to a person (P) who is or has been a protected person,

(b)

P assumed a new identity in pursuance of arrangements made under section 82(1),

(c)

the information disclosed by D indicates that P assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity, and

(d)

D knows or suspects—

(i)

that P is or has been a protected person, and

(ii)

that the information disclosed by D indicates that P assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity.

(3)

A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—

(a)

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both;

(b)

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.

(4)

In the application of this section to Scotland or Northern Ireland, the reference in subsection (3)(b) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.

89Defences to liability under section 88(1)

P is not guilty of an offence under section 88(1) if, at the time when he disclosed the information, it was not likely that its disclosure would endanger the safety of any person.

(2)

D is not guilty of an offence under section 88(2) if—

(a)

D disclosed the information with the agreement of P, and

(b)

at the time when D disclosed the information, it was not likely that its disclosure would endanger the safety of any person.

(3)

D is not guilty of an offence under section 88(2) if he disclosed the information for the purposes of safeguarding national security or for the purposes of the prevention, detection or investigation of crime.

(4)

D is not guilty of an offence under section 88(2) if—

(a)

at the time when he disclosed the information, he was a protection provider or involved in the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or in the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements, and

(b)

he disclosed the information for the purposes of the making, implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements.

(5)

The Secretary of State may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section 88 is not guilty in England and Wales ... of an offence under that subsection.

(6)

The Scottish Ministers may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section 88 is not guilty in Scotland of an offence under that subsection.

(6A)

The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section 88 is not guilty in Northern Ireland of an offence under that subsection.

(7)

If sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue with respect to a defence under or by virtue of this section, the court or jury must assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.

90Protection from liability(1)

This section applies if—

(a)

arrangements are made for the protection of a person under section 82(1), and

(b)

the protected person assumes a new identity in pursuance of the arrangements.

(2)

No proceedings (whether civil or criminal) may be brought against a person to whom this section applies in respect of the making by him of a false or misleading representation if the representation—

(a)

relates to the protected person, and

(b)

is made solely for the purpose of ensuring that the arrangements made for him to assume a new identity are, or continue to be, effective.

(3)

The persons to whom this section applies are—

(a)

the protected person;

(b)

a person who is associated with the protected person;

(c)

a protection provider;

(d)

a person involved in the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or in the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements.

91Transitional provision(1)

This section applies to arrangements which were, at any time before the commencement of section 82, made by a protection provider, or any person acting with his authority, for the purpose of protecting a person of a description specified in Schedule 5.

(2)

If the following three conditions are satisfied, the arrangements are to be treated as having been made by the protection provider under section 82(1).

(3)

The first condition is that the protection provider could have made the arrangements under section 82(1) had it been in force at the time when the arrangements were made.

(4)

The second condition is that the arrangements were in operation immediately before the commencement of section 82.

(5)

The third condition is that the protection provider determines that it is appropriate to treat the arrangements as having been made under section 82(1).

(6)

A determination under subsection (5) may be made at any time before the end of the period of six months beginning with the day on which section 82 comes into force.

(7)

A protection provider must make a record of a determination under subsection (5).

(8)

Subsection (9) applies if—

(a)

at any time before the commencement of section 82, arrangements were made by a person specified in subsection (11), or any person acting with the authority of such a person, for the purpose of protecting a person of a description specified in Schedule 5, and

(b)

functions in relation to the arrangements are, at any time before the end of the period of six months mentioned in subsection (6), exercisable by a protection provider.

(9)

The provision made by subsections (1) to (7) applies in relation to the arrangements as if they had been made by the protection provider.

(10)

Accordingly, if the three conditions mentioned in subsections (3) to (5) are satisfied in relation to the arrangements, they are to be treated, by virtue of subsection (2), as having been made by the protection provider under section 82(1).

(11)

The persons specified in this subsection are—

(a)

the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service;

(b)

the Director General of the National Crime Squad;

(c)

any of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.

92Transitional provision: supplemental(1)

In this section—

(a)

the arrangements” are arrangements which are treated as having been made by a protection provider by virtue of section 91(2), and

(b)

the relevant date” is the date of the record made by the protection provider, in relation to the arrangements, in pursuance of section 91(7).

(2)

A person does not commit an offence under section 86(1) by disclosing information relating to the arrangements unless the information is disclosed on or after the relevant date.

(3)

But it is immaterial whether the information relates to something done in connection with the arrangements before or on or after the relevant date.

(4)

A person does not commit an offence under section 88(1) or (2) by disclosing information relating to a person who assumed a new identity in pursuance of the arrangements unless the information is disclosed on or after the relevant date.

(5)

But it is immaterial whether the person assumed a new identity before or on or after the relevant date.

(6)

Section 90 applies in relation to a false or misleading representation relating to a person who assumed a new identity in pursuance of the arrangements only if the false or misleading representation is made on or after the relevant date.

(7)

But it is immaterial whether the person assumed a new identity before or on or after the relevant date.

93Provision of information(1)

This section applies if—

(a)

a protection provider makes arrangements under section 82(1), or

(b)

a protection provider determines under section 91(5) that it is appropriate to treat arrangements to which that section applies as having been made under section 82(1).

(2)

The protection provider must inform the person to whom the arrangements relate of the provisions of this Chapter as they apply in relation to the arrangements.

(3)

If the protection provider considers that the person would be unable to understand the information, by reason of his age or of any incapacity, the information must instead be given to a person who appears to the protection provider—

(a)

to be interested in the welfare of the person to whom the arrangements relate, and

(b)

to be the appropriate person to whom to give the information.

(4)

If arrangements are made jointly under section 82(1) (by virtue of section 83), the protection providers involved in the arrangements must nominate one of those protection providers to perform the duties imposed by this section.

94Interpretation of Chapter 4(1)

This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.

(2)

Protection provider” is to be construed in accordance with section 82.

(3)

A person is a protected person if—

(a)

arrangements have been made for his protection under subsection (1) of section 82, and

(b)

the arrangements have not been cancelled under subsection (2) of that section.

(4)

A person is associated with another person if any of the following apply—

(a)

they are members of the same family;

(b)

they live in the same household;

(c)

they have lived in the same household.

(5)

A person assumes a new identity if either or both of the following apply—

(a)

he becomes known by a different name;

(b)

he makes representations about his personal history or circumstances which are false or misleading.

(6)

A reference to a person who is a witness in legal proceedings includes a reference to a person who provides any information or any document or other thing which might be used in evidence in those proceedings or which (whether or not admissible as evidence in those proceedings)—

(a)

might tend to confirm evidence which will or might be admitted in those proceedings,

(b)

might be referred to in evidence given in those proceedings by another witness, or

(c)

might be used as the basis for any cross examination in the course of those proceedings,

and a reference to a person who might be, or to a person who has been, a witness in legal proceedings is to be construed accordingly.

(7)

A reference to a person who is a witness in legal proceedings does not include a reference to a person who is an accused person in criminal proceedings unless he is a witness for the prosecution and a reference to a person who might be, or to a person who has been, a witness in legal proceedings is to be construed accordingly.

(8)

A reference to a person who is or has been a member of staff of an organisation includes a reference to a person who is or has been seconded to the organisation to serve as a member of its staff.

(9)

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<uk:commentary href="#section-94" refersTo="#key-3f754851c23e672bc0b80b6495a5d203"/>
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<notes source="#">
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-005c7b752d1a6b1a1938594969c174de" marker="I1">
<p>
S. 82 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00143" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00144" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-a729e1b361f3a9e9d3fdc1a736972c63" marker="I2">
<p>
S. 82 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00611" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00612" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-c639bf0779ceabe9f9985456b34947d4" marker="I3">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00619" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/83">S. 83</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00620" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00621" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-1a65de56e42eac605d1a2f8581cf4bba" marker="I4">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00151" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/83">S. 83</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00152" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00153" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-d9639be2833ff047537ebc33aa31cf39" marker="I5">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00160" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/84">S. 84</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00161" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00162" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-10449713206d661f85fd897e9a18592d" marker="I6">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00628" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/84">S. 84</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00629" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00630" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-b3c2c8c51ffcfba7641bb4cb5d1ecd68" marker="I7">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00169" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/85">S. 85</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00170" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00171" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-594da214aafca1297d744c3a2c8efcfe" marker="I8">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00637" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/85">S. 85</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00638" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00639" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-3d6ad5fc13f92015fff853847fe7e43d" marker="I9">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00646" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/86">S. 86</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00647" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00648" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-2f59211441c84deb8ffdaebfbb21efcc" marker="I10">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00178" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/86">S. 86</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00179" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00180" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-f8ac7214714e966d51db88bf15c1f205" marker="I11">
<p>
S. 87 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00656" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00657" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-fcebbc234b8a748d2f9f9b125f702e32" marker="I12">
<p>
S. 87 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00188" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00189" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-e075d566049bcfce83b9796d5ca243b6" marker="I13">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00196" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/88">S. 88</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00197" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00198" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-dd4d91eb0e2cb2765dac4fe91aafe932" marker="I14">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00664" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/88">S. 88</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00665" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00666" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-06d1c3db979d3dfdcc1733323b1bbead" marker="I15">
<p>
S. 89 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00206" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00207" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-7b8fde08e36af7cba812b3c0e6c52fa0" marker="I16">
<p>
S. 89 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00674" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00675" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-f081b98204217544d3359636e27466ef" marker="I17">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00214" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/90">S. 90</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00215" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00216" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-1d024d0895af45de7d15f85040e9bc74" marker="I18">
<p>
<ref eId="calew74w2-00682" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/90">S. 90</ref>
in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00683" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00684" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-4b5b12c624e1e9d0fc6f8e600323082a" marker="I19">
<p>
S. 91 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00224" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00225" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-d9e5adba43736c71931becbc70028864" marker="I20">
<p>
S. 91 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00692" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00693" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-0d73fe2bb3080478d9cd560b613c7ae2" marker="I21">
<p>
S. 92 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00701" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00702" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-365eaf03ef502c537bf0e4adb80577f8" marker="I22">
<p>
S. 92 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00233" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00234" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-0db8d00c9f0ef5e0dfd954ef901f095c" marker="I23">
<p>
S. 93 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00242" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00243" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-79769f07b15a85ddbf40d4b8dd9ce989" marker="I24">
<p>
S. 93 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00710" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00711" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-15020625a5bbb972379aa5753305e402" marker="I25">
<p>
S. 94 in force at 1.4.2006 except to the extent that it extends to S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00251" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521">S.I. 2005/1521</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00252" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2005/1521/article/5/1">art. 5(1)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="I" class="commentary I" eId="key-30101680096f94091bbceef47f6d3a74" marker="I26">
<p>
S. 94 in force at 1.4.2006 for S. by
<ref eId="calew74w2-00719" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166">S.S.I. 2006/166</ref>
,
<ref eId="calew74w2-00720" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2006/166/article/2/1/b">art. 2(1)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-1190b5c61950c80e282f0fac654989e8" marker="F1">
<p>
Words in s. 82 heading substituted (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by
<ref eId="cppf06052-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12">Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00008" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/2/a">ss. 178(2)(a)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00009" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/185/1">185(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="cppf06052-00017" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/7">s. 178(7)</ref>
);
<ref eId="cppf06052-00018" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949">S.I. 2014/949</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00019" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00020" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/schedule/paragraph/18">Sch. para. 18</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66" marker="F2">
<p>
Words in s. 82(1) substituted (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by
<ref eId="cppf06052-00066" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12">Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00067" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/2/b">ss. 178(2)(b)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00068" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/185/1">185(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="cppf06052-00076" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/7">s. 178(7)</ref>
);
<ref eId="cppf06052-00077" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949">S.I. 2014/949</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00078" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00079" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/schedule/paragraph/18">Sch. para. 18</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-179c9d33777db0620670829af987965e" marker="F3">
<p>
S. 82(5)(b) substituted (1.4.2013) by
<ref eId="cgjjydnk2-00015" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/602">The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cgjjydnk2-00016" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/602/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cgjjydnk2-00017" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/602/schedule/2/paragraph/48/13/a">Sch. 2 para. 48(13)(a)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-fc6183c54ffab50cb744eac7f0b19465" marker="F4">
<p>
S. 82(5)(d) substituted (7.10.2013) by
<ref eId="cgkkequj2-00008" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22">Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cgkkequj2-00009" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/section/61/2">s. 61(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cgkkequj2-00010" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2013/22/schedule/8/paragraph/160">Sch. 8 para. 160</ref>
;
<ref eId="cgkkequj2-00011" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1682">S.I. 2013/1682</ref>
,
<ref eId="cgkkequj2-00012" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/1682/article/3/v">art. 3(v)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-18d74de69825c335e131e44ac84a4dbb" marker="F5">
<p>
S. 82(5)(f) omitted (1.4.2013) by virtue of
<ref eId="cgjjydnk2-00005" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/602">The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cgjjydnk2-00006" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/602/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cgjjydnk2-00007" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2013/602/schedule/2/paragraph/48/13/b">Sch. 2 para. 48(13)(b)</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b" marker="F6">
<p>
S. 82(5A)(5B) inserted (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by
<ref eId="cppf06052-00028" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12">Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00029" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/2/c">ss. 178(2)(c)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00030" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/185/1">185(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="cppf06052-00038" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/7">s. 178(7)</ref>
);
<ref eId="cppf06052-00039" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949">S.I. 2014/949</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00040" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00041" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/schedule/paragraph/18">Sch. para. 18</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-11ee4e8aea36adbd56e2ed35dfb54af1" marker="F7">
<p>
S. 82(6) repealed (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by
<ref eId="cppf06052-00046" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12">Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00047" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/2/d">ss. 178(2)(d)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00048" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/185/1">185(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="cppf06052-00056" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/7">s. 178(7)</ref>
);
<ref eId="cppf06052-00057" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949">S.I. 2014/949</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00058" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf06052-00059" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/schedule/paragraph/18">Sch. para. 18</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-54263d1fa05c453bd5a826eaa4c224c7" marker="F8">
<p>
Words in s. 82(6) inserted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="cg821owq2-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg821owq2-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg821owq2-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/15/paragraph/20">Sch. 15 para. 20</ref>
(with
<rref eId="cg821owq2-00010" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="cg821owq2-00007">arts. 28-31</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-616e2613b42a8530409e1e3cd7c833ac" marker="F9">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00016" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/87/5">s. 87(5)</ref>
omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of
<ref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00017" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00018" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00019" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/15/paragraph/21/a">Sch. 15 para. 21(a)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00020" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="cg7tbx2j2-00017">arts. 28-31</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-7e9b95cd18d2cd3ff9e83e9c2153576e" marker="F10">
<p>
<ref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00006" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/87/6A">S. 87(6A)</ref>
inserted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/15/paragraph/21/b">Sch. 15 para. 21(b)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="cg7tbx2j2-00010" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="cg7tbx2j2-00007">arts. 28-31</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-75a7b43a0f77cbbaa24a395743cecb27" marker="F11">
<p>
Words in
<ref eId="cg7yfazb2-00016" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/89/5">s. 89(5)</ref>
omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of
<ref eId="cg7yfazb2-00017" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg7yfazb2-00018" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg7yfazb2-00019" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/15/paragraph/22/a">Sch. 15 para. 22(a)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="cg7yfazb2-00020" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="cg7yfazb2-00017">arts. 28-31</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-f064ac90f336b539afcdd7c0e32cf450" marker="F12">
<p>
<ref eId="cg7yfazb2-00006" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/89/6A">S. 89(6A)</ref>
inserted (12.4.2010) by
<ref eId="cg7yfazb2-00007" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976">The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg7yfazb2-00008" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/1/2">art. 1(2)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cg7yfazb2-00009" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/schedule/15/paragraph/22/b">Sch. 15 para. 22(b)</ref>
(with
<rref eId="cg7yfazb2-00010" class="subref" from="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/28" upTo="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2010/976/article/31" ukl:CitationRef="cg7yfazb2-00007">arts. 28-31</rref>
)
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292" marker="F13">
<p>
Ss. 91, 92 repealed (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by
<ref eId="cppf7rnk2-00005" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12">Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf7rnk2-00006" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/3">ss. 178(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf7rnk2-00007" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/185/1">185(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="cppf7rnk2-00015" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/7">s. 178(7)</ref>
);
<ref eId="cppf7rnk2-00016" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949">S.I. 2014/949</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf7rnk2-00017" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf7rnk2-00018" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/schedule/paragraph/18">Sch. para. 18</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-a51bd4fa4722bbc1c916bfe6be81ae89" marker="F14">
<p>
S. 93(1)(b) and preceding word repealed (E.W.S.) (13.5.2014) by
<ref eId="cppf8req2-00005" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12">Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf8req2-00006" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/4">ss. 178(4)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf8req2-00007" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/185/1">185(1)</ref>
(with
<ref eId="cppf8req2-00015" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2014/12/section/178/7">s. 178(7)</ref>
);
<ref eId="cppf8req2-00016" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949">S.I. 2014/949</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf8req2-00017" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/article/3">art. 3</ref>
,
<ref eId="cppf8req2-00018" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2014/949/schedule/paragraph/18">Sch. para. 18</ref>
</p>
</note>
<note ukl:Name="Commentary" ukl:Type="F" class="commentary F" eId="key-3f754851c23e672bc0b80b6495a5d203" marker="F15">
<p>
<ref eId="cazh5f9r2-00004" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2005/15/section/94/9">S. 94(9)</ref>
repealed (S.) (1.4.2007) by
<ref eId="cazh5f9r2-00005" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2006/10">Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 10)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cazh5f9r2-00006" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2006/10/section/104/1">s. 104(1)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cazh5f9r2-00007" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2006/10/schedule/6/paragraph/13/10">Sch. 6 para. 13(10)</ref>
;
<ref eId="cazh5f9r2-00008" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2007/84">S.S.I. 2007/84</ref>
,
<ref eId="cazh5f9r2-00009" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ssi/2007/84/article/3/3">art. 3(3)</ref>
and repealed (E.W.N.I.) by
<ref eId="cazh5f9r2-00014" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/1098">Police, Public Order and Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 2006 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/1098)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cazh5f9r2-00015" class="subref" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/1098/article/1/3">art. 1(3)</ref>
,
<ref eId="cazh5f9r2-00016" class="subref operative" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2007/1098/schedule/paragraph/6/10">Sch. para. 6(10)</ref>
</p>
</note>
</notes>
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<dc:title>Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005</dc:title>
<dc:description>An Act to provide for the establishment and functions of the Serious Organised Crime Agency; to make provision about investigations, prosecutions, offenders and witnesses in criminal proceedings and the protection of persons involved in investigations or proceedings; to provide for the implementation of certain international obligations relating to criminal matters; to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; to make further provision for combatting crime and disorder, including new provision about powers of arrest and search warrants and about parental compensation orders; to make further provision about the police and policing and persons supporting the police; to make provision for protecting certain organisations from interference with their activities; to make provision about criminal records; to provide for the Private Security Industry Act 2001 to extend to Scotland; and for connected purposes.</dc:description>
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<part eId="part-2">
<num>
<b>Part 2</b>
</num>
<heading>Investigations, prosecutions, proceedings and proceeds of crime</heading>
<chapter eId="part-2-chapter-4" uk:target="true">
<num>Chapter 4</num>
<heading>Protection of witnesses and other persons</heading>
<section eId="section-82">
<num>82</num>
<heading>
Protection
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<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-1190b5c61950c80e282f0fac654989e8" class="commentary"/>
of persons involved in investigations or proceedings
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<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-1190b5c61950c80e282f0fac654989e8-1506521176248" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-1190b5c61950c80e282f0fac654989e8">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-1190b5c61950c80e282f0fac654989e8" class="commentary"/>
arrangements for persons at risk
</ins>
</heading>
<subsection eId="section-82-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>
A protection provider may make such arrangements as he considers appropriate for the purpose of protecting
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<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66" class="commentary"/>
a person of a description specified in Schedule 5 if—
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</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-1-a">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66-1506521276540" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66">(a)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66-1506521276540" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66">the protection provider considers that the person's safety is at risk by virtue of his being a person of a description so specified, and</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-1-b">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66-1506521276540" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66">(b)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66-1506521276540" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66">the person is ordinarily resident in the United Kingdom.</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>
<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66-1506521276541" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-80d18e1a7ada72b593d31739e33b7f66" class="commentary"/>
any person if he reasonably believes that the person's safety is at risk in view of the criminal conduct or possible criminal conduct of another person.
</ins>
</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>A protection provider may vary or cancel any arrangements made by him under subsection (1) if he considers it appropriate to do so.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>If a protection provider makes arrangements under subsection (1) or cancels arrangements made under that subsection, he must record that he has done so.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>In determining whether to make arrangements under subsection (1), or to vary or cancel arrangements made under that subsection, a protection provider must, in particular, have regard to—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>the nature and extent of the risk to the person's safety,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the cost of the arrangements,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-4-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>the likelihood that the person, and any person associated with him, will be able to adjust to any change in their circumstances which may arise from the making of the arrangements or from their variation or cancellation (as the case may be), and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-4-d">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>if the person is or might be a witness in legal proceedings (whether or not in the United Kingdom), the nature of the proceedings and the importance of his being a witness in those proceedings.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<intro>
<p>A protection provider is—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-5-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>a chief officer of a police force in England and Wales;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-5-b">
<num>
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<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-179c9d33777db0620670829af987965e" class="commentary"/>
(b)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-179c9d33777db0620670829af987965e-1486579780803" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-179c9d33777db0620670829af987965e">the chief constable of the Police Service of Scotland;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-5-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-5-d">
<num>
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<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-fc6183c54ffab50cb744eac7f0b19465" class="commentary"/>
(d)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="substitution last" ukl:ChangeId="key-fc6183c54ffab50cb744eac7f0b19465-1486640516174" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-fc6183c54ffab50cb744eac7f0b19465">the Director General of the National Crime Agency;</ins>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-5-e">
<num>(e)</num>
<content>
<p>any of the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-5-f">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-18d74de69825c335e131e44ac84a4dbb" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
(f)
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-82-5-g">
<num>(g)</num>
<content>
<p>a person designated by a person mentioned in any of the preceding paragraphs to exercise his functions under this section.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-5A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b-1506521201302" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b" class="commentary"/>
(5A)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b-1506521201302" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b">In subsection (1), “</ins>
<term refersTo="#term-criminal-conduct">
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b-1506521201302" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b">criminal conduct</ins>
</term>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b-1506521201302" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b">” means conduct which constitutes an offence in England and Wales or Scotland, or would do if it occurred there.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-5B">
<num>
<ins ukl:ChangeId="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b-1506521201302" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b">(5B)</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b-1506521201302" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a7cbb1d9e4318752c2ad2c63ee74608b">Nothing in this section prevents a protection provider from making arrangements under this section for the protection of a person where non-statutory arrangements have already been made in respect of that person.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-6">
<num>
<del class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-11ee4e8aea36adbd56e2ed35dfb54af1-1506521231862" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-11ee4e8aea36adbd56e2ed35dfb54af1">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-11ee4e8aea36adbd56e2ed35dfb54af1" class="commentary"/>
(6)
</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-11ee4e8aea36adbd56e2ed35dfb54af1-1506521231862" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-11ee4e8aea36adbd56e2ed35dfb54af1">The Secretary of State may, after consulting the Scottish Ministers </del>
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<ins class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-54263d1fa05c453bd5a826eaa4c224c7-1485884086594" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-54263d1fa05c453bd5a826eaa4c224c7">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-54263d1fa05c453bd5a826eaa4c224c7" class="commentary"/>
and the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland
</ins>
</del>
<del class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-11ee4e8aea36adbd56e2ed35dfb54af1-1506521231862" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-11ee4e8aea36adbd56e2ed35dfb54af1">, by order amend Schedule 5 so as to add, modify or omit any entry.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-82-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<content>
<p>Nothing in this section affects any power which a person has (otherwise than by virtue of this section) to make arrangements for the protection of another person.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-83">
<num>83</num>
<heading>Joint arrangements</heading>
<subsection eId="section-83-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>Arrangements may be made under section 82(1) by two or more protection providers acting jointly.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-83-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>If arrangements are made jointly by virtue of subsection (1), any powers conferred on a protection provider by this Chapter are exercisable in relation to the arrangements by—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-83-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>all of the protection providers acting together, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-83-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>one of the protection providers, or some of the protection providers acting together, with the agreement of the others.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-83-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>Nothing in this section or in section 84 affects any power which a protection provider has to request or obtain assistance from another protection provider.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-84">
<num>84</num>
<heading>Transfer of responsibility to other protection provider</heading>
<subsection eId="section-84-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>A protection provider who makes arrangements under section 82(1) may agree with another protection provider that, as from a date specified in the agreement—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-84-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>the protection provider will cease to discharge any responsibilities which he has in relation to the arrangements, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-84-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the other protection provider will discharge those responsibilities instead.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-84-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>Any such agreement may include provision for the making of payments in respect of any costs incurred or likely to be incurred in consequence of the agreement.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-84-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>If an agreement is made under subsection (1), any powers conferred on a protection provider by this Chapter (including the power conferred by subsection (1)) are, as from the date specified in the agreement, exercisable by the other protection provider as if he had made the arrangements under section 82(1).</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-84-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>Each protection provider who makes an agreement under subsection (1) must record that he has done so.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-85">
<num>85</num>
<heading>Duty to assist protection providers</heading>
<subsection eId="section-85-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>This section applies if a protection provider requests assistance from a public authority in connection with the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-85-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>The public authority must take reasonable steps to provide the assistance requested.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-85-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<intro>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-public-authority" eId="term-public-authority">Public authority</term>
” includes any person certain of whose functions are of a public nature but does not include—
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-85-3-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>a court or tribunal,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-85-3-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>either House of Parliament or a person exercising functions in connection with proceedings in Parliament, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-85-3-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>the Scottish Parliament or a person exercising functions in connection with proceedings in the Scottish Parliament.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-86">
<num>86</num>
<heading>Offence of disclosing information about protection arrangements</heading>
<subsection eId="section-86-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person commits an offence if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-86-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>he discloses information which relates to the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or to the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-86-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>he knows or suspects that the information relates to the making of such arrangements or to their implementation, variation or cancellation.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-86-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-86-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-86-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-86-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>In the application of this section to Scotland or Northern Ireland, the reference in subsection (2)(b) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-87">
<num>87</num>
<heading>Defences to liability under section 86</heading>
<subsection eId="section-87-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person (P) is not guilty of an offence under section 86 if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-87-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>at the time when P disclosed the information, he was or had been a protected person,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-87-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the information related only to arrangements made for the protection of P or for the protection of P and a person associated with him, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-87-1-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>at the time when P disclosed the information, it was not likely that its disclosure would endanger the safety of any person.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person (D) is not guilty of an offence under section 86 if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-87-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>D disclosed the information with the agreement of a person (P) who, at the time the information was disclosed, was or had been a protected person,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-87-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the information related only to arrangements made for the protection of P or for the protection of P and a person associated with him, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-87-2-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>at the time when D disclosed the information, it was not likely that its disclosure would endanger the safety of any person.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>A person is not guilty of an offence under section 86 if he disclosed the information for the purposes of safeguarding national security or for the purposes of the prevention, detection or investigation of crime.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person is not guilty of an offence under section 86 if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-87-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>at the time when he disclosed the information, he was a protection provider or involved in the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or in the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-87-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>he disclosed the information for the purposes of the making, implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>
The Secretary of State may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in section 86(1) is not guilty in England and Wales
<noteRef href="#key-616e2613b42a8530409e1e3cd7c833ac" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
... of an offence under that section.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<content>
<p>The Scottish Ministers may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in section 86(1) is not guilty in Scotland of an offence under that section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-6A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-7e9b95cd18d2cd3ff9e83e9c2153576e-1485869516539" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e9b95cd18d2cd3ff9e83e9c2153576e">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-7e9b95cd18d2cd3ff9e83e9c2153576e" class="commentary"/>
(6A)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-7e9b95cd18d2cd3ff9e83e9c2153576e-1485869516539" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-7e9b95cd18d2cd3ff9e83e9c2153576e">The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in section 86(1) is not guilty in Northern Ireland of an offence under that section.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-87-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<content>
<p>If sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue with respect to a defence under or by virtue of this section, the court or jury must assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-88">
<num>88</num>
<heading>Offences of disclosing information relating to persons assuming new identity</heading>
<subsection eId="section-88-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person (P) commits an offence if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>P is or has been a protected person,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>P assumed a new identity in pursuance of arrangements made under section 82(1),</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-1-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>P discloses information which indicates that he assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-1-d">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>P knows or suspects that the information disclosed by him indicates that he assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-88-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person (D) commits an offence if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>D discloses information which relates to a person (P) who is or has been a protected person,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>P assumed a new identity in pursuance of arrangements made under section 82(1),</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-2-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>the information disclosed by D indicates that P assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-2-d">
<num>(d)</num>
<intro>
<p>D knows or suspects—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para2" eId="section-88-2-d-i">
<num>(i)</num>
<content>
<p>that P is or has been a protected person, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para2" eId="section-88-2-d-ii">
<num>(ii)</num>
<content>
<p>that the information disclosed by D indicates that P assumed, or might have assumed, a new identity.</p>
</content>
</level>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-88-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person who commits an offence under this section is liable—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-3-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, to a fine or to both;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-88-3-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-88-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>In the application of this section to Scotland or Northern Ireland, the reference in subsection (3)(b) to 12 months is to be read as a reference to 6 months.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-89">
<num>89</num>
<heading>Defences to liability under section 88</heading>
<subsection eId="section-89-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>P is not guilty of an offence under section 88(1) if, at the time when he disclosed the information, it was not likely that its disclosure would endanger the safety of any person.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>D is not guilty of an offence under section 88(2) if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-89-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>D disclosed the information with the agreement of P, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-89-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>at the time when D disclosed the information, it was not likely that its disclosure would endanger the safety of any person.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<content>
<p>D is not guilty of an offence under section 88(2) if he disclosed the information for the purposes of safeguarding national security or for the purposes of the prevention, detection or investigation of crime.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>D is not guilty of an offence under section 88(2) if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-89-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>at the time when he disclosed the information, he was a protection provider or involved in the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or in the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-89-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>he disclosed the information for the purposes of the making, implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<content>
<p>
The Secretary of State may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section 88 is not guilty in England and Wales
<noteRef href="#key-75a7b43a0f77cbbaa24a395743cecb27" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
... of an offence under that subsection.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<content>
<p>The Scottish Ministers may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section 88 is not guilty in Scotland of an offence under that subsection.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-6A">
<num>
<ins class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-f064ac90f336b539afcdd7c0e32cf450-1485878058032" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f064ac90f336b539afcdd7c0e32cf450">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-f064ac90f336b539afcdd7c0e32cf450" class="commentary"/>
(6A)
</ins>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<ins class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-f064ac90f336b539afcdd7c0e32cf450-1485878058032" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-f064ac90f336b539afcdd7c0e32cf450">The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by order make provision prescribing circumstances in which a person who discloses information as mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) of section 88 is not guilty in Northern Ireland of an offence under that subsection.</ins>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-89-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<content>
<p>If sufficient evidence is adduced to raise an issue with respect to a defence under or by virtue of this section, the court or jury must assume that the defence is satisfied unless the prosecution proves beyond reasonable doubt that it is not.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-90">
<num>90</num>
<heading>Protection from liability</heading>
<subsection eId="section-90-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-90-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>arrangements are made for the protection of a person under section 82(1), and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-90-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the protected person assumes a new identity in pursuance of the arrangements.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-90-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<intro>
<p>No proceedings (whether civil or criminal) may be brought against a person to whom this section applies in respect of the making by him of a false or misleading representation if the representation—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-90-2-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>relates to the protected person, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-90-2-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>is made solely for the purpose of ensuring that the arrangements made for him to assume a new identity are, or continue to be, effective.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-90-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<intro>
<p>The persons to whom this section applies are—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-90-3-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>the protected person;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-90-3-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>a person who is associated with the protected person;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-90-3-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>a protection provider;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-90-3-d">
<num>(d)</num>
<content>
<p>a person involved in the making of arrangements under section 82(1) or in the implementation, variation or cancellation of such arrangements.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-91">
<num>91</num>
<heading>Transitional provision</heading>
<subsection eId="section-91-1">
<num>
<del class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292" class="commentary"/>
(1)
</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">This section applies to arrangements which were, at any time before the commencement of section 82, made by a protection provider, or any person acting with his authority, for the purpose of protecting a person of a description specified in Schedule 5.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-2">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(2)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">If the following three conditions are satisfied, the arrangements are to be treated as having been made by the protection provider under section 82(1).</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-3">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(3)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">The first condition is that the protection provider could have made the arrangements under section 82(1) had it been in force at the time when the arrangements were made.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-4">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(4)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">The second condition is that the arrangements were in operation immediately before the commencement of section 82.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-5">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(5)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">The third condition is that the protection provider determines that it is appropriate to treat the arrangements as having been made under section 82(1).</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-6">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(6)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">A determination under subsection (5) may be made at any time before the end of the period of six months beginning with the day on which section 82 comes into force.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-7">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(7)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">A protection provider must make a record of a determination under subsection (5).</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-8">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(8)</del>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">Subsection (9) applies if—</del>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-91-8-a">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(a)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">at any time before the commencement of section 82, arrangements were made by a person specified in subsection (11), or any person acting with the authority of such a person, for the purpose of protecting a person of a description specified in Schedule 5, and</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-91-8-b">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(b)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">functions in relation to the arrangements are, at any time before the end of the period of six months mentioned in subsection (6), exercisable by a protection provider.</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-9">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(9)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">The provision made by subsections (1) to (7) applies in relation to the arrangements as if they had been made by the protection provider.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-10">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(10)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">Accordingly, if the three conditions mentioned in subsections (3) to (5) are satisfied in relation to the arrangements, they are to be treated, by virtue of subsection (2), as having been made by the protection provider under section 82(1).</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-91-11">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(11)</del>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">The persons specified in this subsection are—</del>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-91-11-a">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(a)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service;</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-91-11-b">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(b)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">the Director General of the National Crime Squad;</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-91-11-c">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(c)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521438125" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">any of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Customs and Excise.</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-92">
<num>92</num>
<heading>Transitional provision: supplemental</heading>
<subsection eId="section-92-1">
<num>
<del class="first" ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292" class="commentary"/>
(1)
</del>
</num>
<intro>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">In this section—</del>
</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-92-1-a">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(a)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292"></del>
<term refersTo="#term-the-arrangements" eId="term-the-arrangements">
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">the arrangements</del>
</term>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">” are arrangements which are treated as having been made by a protection provider by virtue of section 91(2), and</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-92-1-b">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(b)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292"></del>
<term refersTo="#term-the-relevant-date" eId="term-the-relevant-date">
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">the relevant date</del>
</term>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">” is the date of the record made by the protection provider, in relation to the arrangements, in pursuance of section 91(7).</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-92-2">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(2)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">A person does not commit an offence under section 86(1) by disclosing information relating to the arrangements unless the information is disclosed on or after the relevant date.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-92-3">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(3)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">But it is immaterial whether the information relates to something done in connection with the arrangements before or on or after the relevant date.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-92-4">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(4)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">A person does not commit an offence under section 88(1) or (2) by disclosing information relating to a person who assumed a new identity in pursuance of the arrangements unless the information is disclosed on or after the relevant date.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-92-5">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(5)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">But it is immaterial whether the person assumed a new identity before or on or after the relevant date.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-92-6">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(6)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">Section 90 applies in relation to a false or misleading representation relating to a person who assumed a new identity in pursuance of the arrangements only if the false or misleading representation is made on or after the relevant date.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-92-7">
<num>
<del ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">(7)</del>
</num>
<content>
<p>
<del class="last" ukl:ChangeId="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292-1506521516230" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-8843bbb10bbd616c7b16bcc3d1daf292">But it is immaterial whether the person assumed a new identity before or on or after the relevant date.</del>
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-93">
<num>93</num>
<heading>Provision of information</heading>
<subsection eId="section-93-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<intro>
<p>This section applies if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-93-1-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>
a protection provider makes arrangements under section 82(1),
<del class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-a51bd4fa4722bbc1c916bfe6be81ae89-1507566951049" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a51bd4fa4722bbc1c916bfe6be81ae89">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-a51bd4fa4722bbc1c916bfe6be81ae89" class="commentary"/>
or
</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-93-1-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>
<del class="first last" ukl:ChangeId="key-a51bd4fa4722bbc1c916bfe6be81ae89-1506521563563" ukl:CommentaryRef="key-a51bd4fa4722bbc1c916bfe6be81ae89">
<noteRef uk:name="commentary" href="#key-a51bd4fa4722bbc1c916bfe6be81ae89" class="commentary"/>
a protection provider determines under section 91(5) that it is appropriate to treat arrangements to which that section applies as having been made under section 82(1).
</del>
</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-93-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>The protection provider must inform the person to whom the arrangements relate of the provisions of this Chapter as they apply in relation to the arrangements.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-93-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<intro>
<p>If the protection provider considers that the person would be unable to understand the information, by reason of his age or of any incapacity, the information must instead be given to a person who appears to the protection provider—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-93-3-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>to be interested in the welfare of the person to whom the arrangements relate, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-93-3-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>to be the appropriate person to whom to give the information.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-93-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<content>
<p>If arrangements are made jointly under section 82(1) (by virtue of section 83), the protection providers involved in the arrangements must nominate one of those protection providers to perform the duties imposed by this section.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
<section eId="section-94">
<num>94</num>
<heading>Interpretation of Chapter 4</heading>
<subsection eId="section-94-1">
<num>(1)</num>
<content>
<p>This section applies for the purposes of this Chapter.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-2">
<num>(2)</num>
<content>
<p>
<term refersTo="#term-protection-provider" eId="term-protection-provider">Protection provider</term>
” is to be construed in accordance with section 82.
</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-3">
<num>(3)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person is a protected person if—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-3-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>arrangements have been made for his protection under subsection (1) of section 82, and</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-3-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>the arrangements have not been cancelled under subsection (2) of that section.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-4">
<num>(4)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person is associated with another person if any of the following apply—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-4-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>they are members of the same family;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-4-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>they live in the same household;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-4-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>they have lived in the same household.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-5">
<num>(5)</num>
<intro>
<p>A person assumes a new identity if either or both of the following apply—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-5-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>he becomes known by a different name;</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-5-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>he makes representations about his personal history or circumstances which are false or misleading.</p>
</content>
</level>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-6">
<num>(6)</num>
<intro>
<p>A reference to a person who is a witness in legal proceedings includes a reference to a person who provides any information or any document or other thing which might be used in evidence in those proceedings or which (whether or not admissible as evidence in those proceedings)—</p>
</intro>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-6-a">
<num>(a)</num>
<content>
<p>might tend to confirm evidence which will or might be admitted in those proceedings,</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-6-b">
<num>(b)</num>
<content>
<p>might be referred to in evidence given in those proceedings by another witness, or</p>
</content>
</level>
<level class="para1" eId="section-94-6-c">
<num>(c)</num>
<content>
<p>might be used as the basis for any cross examination in the course of those proceedings,</p>
</content>
</level>
<wrapUp>
<p>and a reference to a person who might be, or to a person who has been, a witness in legal proceedings is to be construed accordingly.</p>
</wrapUp>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-7">
<num>(7)</num>
<content>
<p>A reference to a person who is a witness in legal proceedings does not include a reference to a person who is an accused person in criminal proceedings unless he is a witness for the prosecution and a reference to a person who might be, or to a person who has been, a witness in legal proceedings is to be construed accordingly.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-8">
<num>(8)</num>
<content>
<p>A reference to a person who is or has been a member of staff of an organisation includes a reference to a person who is or has been seconded to the organisation to serve as a member of its staff.</p>
</content>
</subsection>
<subsection eId="section-94-9">
<num>
<noteRef href="#key-3f754851c23e672bc0b80b6495a5d203" uk:name="commentary" ukl:Name="CommentaryRef" class="commentary"/>
(9)
</num>
<content>
<p>. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .</p>
</content>
</subsection>
</section>
</chapter>
</part>
</body>
</act>
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