Appointed dayI12

1st March 2016 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (“the Act”)—

a

section 16 (orders for securing compliance with confiscation order);

b

section 17 (compliance orders: appeals by prosecutor);

c

section 18 (accused persons unlawfully at large);

d

section 19 (enforcement of confiscation orders);

e

section 20 (conditions for exercise of restraint order powers);

f

section 21 (continuation of restraint order after conviction quashed or verdict set aside);

g

section 22 (conditions for exercise of search and seizure powers);

h

section 38(3) (confiscation investigations);

i

section 85(1) (minor and consequential amendments), so far as it relates to the provisions mentioned in paragraph (j) of this regulation; and

j

paragraphs 16, 35, 42, 43 and 45 of Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments).