The Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2015

Provisions coming into force on 1st June 2015

3.  The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force on 1st June 2015—

(a) sections 1 to 4 (confiscation: assets held by defendant and other);

(b) section 5 (time for payment);

(c) section 6 (confiscation and victim surcharge orders);

(d) section 7 (orders for securing compliance with confiscation order);

(e) section 8 (variation or discharge);

(f) section 9 (absconding defenders);

(g) section 10 (default sentences);

(h) section 11 (conditions for exercise of restraint order powers);

(i) section 12 (continuation of restraint order after quashed conviction);

(j) section 14 (seized money etc);

(k) section 37 (exemption from civil liability for money-laundering disclosures);

(l) section 39 (external orders and investigations: meaning of “obtaining property”);

(m) section 40 (confiscation orders by magistrates’ courts);

(n) section 51 (injunctions to prevent gang-related violence and drug-dealing activity);

(o) section 78 (knives and offensive weapons in prisons);

(p) section 85(1), for the purposes of the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (q) of this regulation; and

(q) in Schedule 4—

(i) paragraph 3;

(ii) paragraph 6;

(iii) paragraphs 19 to 34;

(iv) paragraphs 52 to 54;

(v) paragraphs 56 to 57;

(vi) paragraph 59;

(vii) paragraph 61;

(viii) paragraph 67;

(ix) paragraphs 83 to 86;

(x) paragraph 87(1), (3) and (4); and

(xi) paragraph 89.