The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Sites under Section 128) Order 2007

Statutory Instruments

2007 No. 930

CRIMINAL LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Sites under Section 128) Order 2007

Made

20th March 2007

Laid before Parliament

23rd March 2007

Coming into force

1st June 2007

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 128(2) of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005(1), makes the following Order:

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Sites under Section 128) Order 2007 and shall come into force on 1st June 2007.

(2) This Order extends to England and Wales only.

2.—(1) The following sites are designated for the purposes of section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005—

(a) 85 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7TP and its curtilage;

(b) Buckingham Palace, the Mall, London, SW1A 1AA and its curtilage, including the buildings within that curtilage;

(c) the Ministry of Defence Main Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2HB, subject to the following:

(i) the site also includes the wall and vehicle ramps on the west side of the building adjoining Whitehall Gardens and Raleigh Green;

(ii) the site does not include the steps, ramps and porticos that give access to the inside of the building;

(d) the Old War Office Building, Whitehall, London, SW1A 2EU but the site does not include the steps that give access to the inside of the building;

(e) St James’s Palace, Cleveland Row, London, SW1A 1BA and its curtilage, including the buildings within that curtilage and in particular Clarence House, but not the pavement on Marlborough Road to which the public has access;

(f) Thames House, 11 and 12 Millbank, London, SW1P 4QE but the site does not include the steps that give access to the inside of the building; and

(g) the sites described in paragraphs (2) to (11).

(2) So much of the site of the Chequers Estate, Butlers Cross, near Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, HP17 0UZ as is within the dotted line that is marked on the map in Schedule 1 (the Chequers site).

(3) So much of the site including 10 Downing Street, London, SW1A 2AA as is within the dotted line that is marked on the map in Schedule 2 (the Downing Street site).

(4) So much of the site of Government Communications Headquarters, Harp Hill, Cheltenham, GL52 5AU as is within the dotted line that is marked on the map in Schedule 3 (the GCHQ Harp Hill site).

(5) So much of the site of Government Communications Headquarters, Hubble Road, Cheltenham, GL51 0EX as is within the dotted lines that are marked on the map in Schedule 4 (the GCHQ Hubble Road site).

(6) So much of the site of Government Communications Headquarters, Racecourse Road, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO12 5TQ as is within the dotted lines that are marked on the map in Schedule 5 (the GCHQ Scarborough site).

(7) So much of the site of Government Communications Headquarters, Woodford, Bude, Cornwall, EX23 9JJ as is within the dotted line that is marked on the map in Schedule 6 (the GCHQ Bude site).

(8) So much of the site including Highgrove House, Doughton, near Tetbury, Gloucestershire, GL8 8TN as is within the dotted line that is marked on the map in Schedule 7 (the Highgrove House site).

(9) So much of the site including the Palace of Westminster, London, SW1A as is within the dotted line that is marked on the map in Schedule 8 (the Palace of Westminster and Portcullis House site) subject to the following:

(a) the dotted line that runs across Bridge Street only includes within the site the underground link that runs underneath Bridge Street;

(b) the site does not include the following:

(i) Westminster London Underground Station and the entrance to that station, and

(ii) any commercial premises, which fall within the dotted line, to which the public has unrestricted access.

(10) So much of the site including Sandringham House, Norfolk, PE35 6EN as is within the dotted line that is marked on the map in Schedule 9 (the Sandringham House site).

(11) So much of the site including Windsor Castle, Berkshire, SL4 1NJ as is within the dotted line that is marked on the maps in Schedule 10 (the Windsor Castle site).

Tony McNulty

Minister of State

Home Office

20th March 2007

Article 2(2)

SCHEDULE 1

The Chequers Site

Article 2(3)

SCHEDULE 2

The Downing Street Site

Article 2(4)

SCHEDULE 3

The GCHQ Harp Hill Site

Article 2(5)

SCHEDULE 4

The GCHQ Hubble Road Site

Article 2(6)

SCHEDULE 5

The GCHQ Scarborough Site

Article 2(7)

SCHEDULE 6

The GCHQ Bude Site

Article 2(8)

SCHEDULE 7

The Highgrove House Site

Article 2(9)

SCHEDULE 8

The Palace of Westminster and Portcullis House Site

Article 2(10)

SCHEDULE 9

The Sandringham House Site

Article 2(11)

SCHEDULE 10

The Windsor Castle Site

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order designates certain sites for the purposes of section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005. If a person enters on the sites designated in this Order as a trespasser he will commit an offence under section 128(1) of that Act. Article 2(1) designates 16 sites for the purposes of section 128. Ten of the sites have been designated by way of a description and map. These sites are listed in article 2(2) to (11). The maps appear in Schedules 1 to 10 to the Order.

(1)

2005 c. 15. Section 128 has been amended by section 12 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (c. 11).