2008 No.2504 (C.108)
Criminal Law, England And Wales
Criminal Law, Northern Ireland
Disclosure Of Information
The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2008
Made 24th September 2008

The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 94(1) of the Serious Crime Act 2007:
2007 c. 27.

1 This Order may be cited as the Serious Crime Act 2007 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2008.
2 The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2007 shall come into force on 1st October 2008—
(a) Part 2 (encouraging and assisting crime) together with Schedules 3 (listed offences), 4 (extra-territoriality), 5 (amendments relating to service law) and 6 (minor and consequential amendments);
(b) section 68(1) to (7) (disclosure of information to prevent fraud);
(c) sections 69 and 70 (offence for certain further disclosures of information and penalty for that offence);
(d) section 71(3) and (6) (code of practice for disclosure of information to prevent fraud);
(e) section 72 (data protection rules);
(f) section 91(1) (transitional and transitory provisions and savings) in so far as it relates to the provisions in sub-paragraph (g);
(g) paragraphs 5, 6 and 8 of Schedule 13 (transitional and transitory provisions and savings);
(h) section 92 (repeals and revocation) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 14 in sub-paragraph (i); and
(i) in Schedule 14 (repeals and revocation) the entries relating to—
(i) the Criminal Law Act 1977;
1977 c. 45.
(ii) the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980;
1980 c. 43.
(iii) the Magistrates’ Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981;
S.I. 1981/1675 (N.I. 26).
(iv) the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983;
S.I. 1983/1120 (N.I. 13).
(v) the Public Order Act 1986;
1986 c. 64.
(vi) the Computer Misuse Act 1990;
1990 c. 18.
(vii) the International Criminal Court Act 2001; and
2001 c. 17.
(viii) the Police and Justice Act 2006.
2006 c. 48.
Vernon Coaker Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Home Office 24th September 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force the provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2007 set out in article 2 on 1st October 2008.

NOTE AS TO EARLIER COMMENCEMENT ORDERS
(This note is not part of the Order)
Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I.No.
Sections 1 to 23	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 24(1) to (8), (11) and (12)	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 24(9) and (10)	1st March 2008	2008/219
Sections 25 to 36	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 37	1st March 2008 and 6th April 2008	2008/219 and 2008/755
Sections 38 and 39	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 40(1), (2) and (4)	1st March 2008	2008/219
Section 40(3) and (5) to (8)	6th April 2008	2008/755
Sections 41 to 43	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 68(8)	1st March 2008	2008/219
Section 71(1), (2), (4) and (5)	1st March 2008	2008/219
Section 73	1st March 2008 and 6th April 2008	2008/219 and 2008/755
Section 74(1)	1st March 2008	2008/219
Section 74(2)	1st March 2008 and 1st April 2008	2008/219 and 2008/755
Section 74(3)	1st March 2008	2008/219
Section 74(4)	1st April 2008	2008/755
Section 75(1) to (3)	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 76(1) to (3)	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 77 (partially)	1st April 2008 and 6th April 2008	2008/755
Sections 78 to 84	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 85	15th February 2008	2008/219
Section 87	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 88	15th February 2008	2008/219
Section 91(1) (partially)	6th April 2008	2008/755
Section 92 (partially)	15th February 2008 and 1st April 2008	2008/219 and 2008/755
Schedule 1	6th April 2008	2008/755
Schedule 2	1st March 2008 and 6th April 2008	2008/219 and 2008/755
Schedule 7	1st March 2008 and 6th April 2008	2008/219 and 2008/755
Schedule 8	1st March 2008 and 1st April 2008	2008/219 and 2008/755
Schedule 9	1st March 2008	2008/219
Schedule 10 (partially)	1st April 2008 and 6th April 2008	2008/755
Schedule 11	6th April 2008	2008/755
Schedule 12	15th February 2008	2008/219
Schedule 13 (partially)	6th April 2008	2008/755
Schedule 14 (partially)	15th February 2008 and 1st April 2008	2008/219 and 2008/755