{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-8/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-8/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Power to make CCE prevention order",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies if—\n(a) an application for a CCE prevention order in respect of a person is made to a magistrates’ court, in accordance with paragraph 3,\n(b) a person is acquitted of any offence by or before a court,\n(c) the County Court allows a person’s appeal against a conviction for any offence,\n(d) a court deals with a person in respect of a finding that—\n(i) the person is not guilty of any offence by reason of insanity, or\n(ii) the person is unfit to plead and has done the act charged against them in respect of any offence, or\n(e) a court deals with a person convicted of an offence for that offence.\n(2) The court may make an order under paragraph 2 (a “CCE prevention order”) in respect of the person (“the defendant”) if they are aged 18 or over and the conditions in sub-paragraphs (3) to (5) are met.\n(3) The first condition is that—\n(a) in any case, the court is satisfied on the balance of probabilities that the defendant has engaged in child criminal exploitation or in conduct associated with child criminal exploitation, or\n(b) in a case within paragraph (d) or (e) of sub-paragraph (1), the offence in question is an offence under section 48.\n(4) The second condition is that the court considers that there is a risk that the defendant will engage in child criminal exploitation.\n(5) The third condition is that the court considers that it is necessary to make the order to prevent the defendant from engaging, or reduce the likelihood of the defendant engaging, in child criminal exploitation.\n(6) In sub-paragraph (3)—\n(a) in paragraph (a), the reference to engaging in anything includes engaging in it before (as well as after) the time when this paragraph comes into force;\n(b) paragraph (b) applies in relation to findings made in respect of conduct occurring before (as well as after) that time.\n(7) In this paragraph—\n(a) a reference to the defendant “engaging in child criminal exploitation” is to the defendant—\n(i) doing anything that constitutes an offence under section 48 (as it has effect in Northern Ireland), or\n(ii) doing anything in England and Wales or Scotland that would constitute an offence under section 48 (as it has effect in Northern Ireland) if done in Northern Ireland;\n(b) a reference to the defendant “engaging in conduct associated with child criminal exploitation” is to the adult doing anything, in any part of the United Kingdom, that is associated with the doing of anything within paragraph (a)(i) or (ii).",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 1 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/8/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:35:03.708512+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}