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Paragraph 19 “Crime”, “serious crime” etcI1

United Kingdom Not yet in force

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(1)

In this Schedule “crime” means conduct which—

(a)

constitutes one or more criminal offences, or

(b)

is or corresponds to conduct which, if it all took place in a part of the United Kingdom, would constitute one or more criminal offences.

(2)

In this Schedule “serious crime” means crime where—

(a)

the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned is an offence for which a person who has reached the age of 18 (or, in Scotland or Northern Ireland, 21) and has no previous convictions could reasonably be expected to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of 3 years or more, or

(b)

the conduct involves the use of violence, results in substantial financial gain or is conduct by a large number of persons in pursuit of a common purpose.

(3)

In this Schedule serious crime is connected with unlicensed gambling if the offence, or one of the offences, which is or would be constituted by the conduct concerned is an offence under section 33 of the Gambling Act 2005.

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Sch. 18 para. 19 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(1)