Regulation 21 Amendment of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953

(1)

Section 1ZA of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (offence under section 1: previous relevant convictions)^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In subsection (1)—

(a)

in paragraph (b), for “Scotland, Northern Ireland or a member State other than the United Kingdom” substitute “Scotland or Northern Ireland”;

(b)

at the end of paragraph (c), insert “and”;

(c)

omit paragraph (e) and the “and” preceding it.

(3)

In subsection (2)—

(a)

in the definition of “civilian offence”, omit paragraph (b) and the “or” preceding it;

(b)

in paragraph (b) of the definition of “conviction”, omit “and a member State service offence”;

(c)

omit the definition of “member State service offence”.

Annotations

f1: 1953 c. 14 (1 & 2 Eliz, 2 c. 14); section 1ZA was inserted by section 28(3) of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (c. 2).