# The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Specified Anti-fraud Organisations) Order 2008

S.I. 2008/2353 · made 2 September 2008

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.

Made under: Serious Crime Act 2007 (Section 68)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007-specified-anti-fraud-organisations-order-2008/pdf/uksi_20082353_en.pdf; Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007-specified-anti-fraud-organisations-order-2008/pdf/uksiem_20082353_en.pdf

## Introductory text

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, makes the following Order:

## 1 Citation and commencement

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 Specified anti-fraud organisations

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.

## Signature

Vernon Coaker
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
2nd September 2008

## Explanatory note

(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.

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007-specified-anti-fraud-organisations-order-2008
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