Statutory Instruments
Disclosure Of Information
Made
2nd September 2008
Laid before Parliament
5th September 2008
Coming into force
1st October 2008
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 68(8) of the Serious Crime Act 2007(1), makes the following Order:
1. This Order may be cited as the Serious Crime Act 2007 (Specified Anti-fraud Organisations) Order 2008 and shall come into force on 1st October 2008.
2. The following anti-fraud organisations are specified pursuant to section 68 of the Serious Crime Act 2007—
(a)CIFAS;
(b)Experian Limited;
(c)Insurance Fraud Investigators Group;
(d)N Hunter Limited;
(e)The Insurance Fraud Bureau;
(f)The Telecommunications United Kingdom Fraud Forum Limited.
Vernon Coaker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
2nd September 2008
(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 68 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 provides a power for a public authority to disclose information as a member of a specified anti-fraud organisation or otherwise in accordance with arrangements made by such an organisation, for the purposes of preventing fraud or a particular kind of fraud. An anti-fraud organisation is any unincorporated association, body corporate or other person which enables or facilitates any sharing of information to prevent fraud or a particular kind of fraud or which has any of these functions as its purpose or one of its purposes. A specified anti-fraud organisation is an anti-fraud organisation specified in article 2 of this Order.