# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 10: Offence of breaching CCE prevention order

Extent: N.I.
Status: prospective

(1) A person who, without reasonable excuse, fails to comply with an order mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) commits an offence.
(2) The orders are—
(a) a CCE prevention order;
(b) a CCE prevention order under Chapter 1 of Part 4 (CCE prevention orders on application or acquittal etc. in England and Wales);
(c) a CCE prevention order under Chapter 2A of Part 11 of the Sentencing Code (CCE prevention orders on conviction in England and Wales);
(d) a CCE prevention order under Schedule 7 (CCE prevention orders in Scotland).
(3) A person who commits an offence under this paragraph is liable—
(a) on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum (or both);
(b) on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years or a fine (or both).
(4) Where a person is convicted of an offence under this paragraph, it is not open to the court by or before which the person is convicted to make, in respect of the offence, an order for conditional discharge.
(5) In proceedings for an offence under this paragraph, a copy of the original order mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), certified by the proper officer of the court that made it, is admissible as evidence of its having been made and of its contents to the same extent that oral evidence of those matters is admissible in those proceedings.
(6) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by regulations amend sub-paragraph (2) so as to add to or remove from the list of orders any relevant UK order.
(7) “Relevant UK order” means an order under the law of England and Wales or Scotland which appears to the Department of Justice to be equivalent or similar to a CCE prevention order.
(8) In Article 4(1) of the Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/3160 (N.I. 24)) after “2015” insert “or paragraph 10 of Schedule 8 to the Crime and Policing Act 2026”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/8/paragraph/10 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-8/paragraph-10
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