# The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Specified Anti-fraud Organisations) Order 2014

S.I. 2014/1608 · made 18 June 2014

Section 68 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) 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. Article 2 of this Order specifies five anti-fraud organisations for the purpose of section 68 of the 2007 Act.

Made under: Serious Crime Act 2007 (Section 68)

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007-specified-anti-fraud-organisations-order-2014/pdf/uksi_20141608_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007-specified-anti-fraud-organisations-order-2014/pdf/uksiem_20141608_en.pdf

## Introductory text

Disclosure Of Information
Made 18th June 2014
Laid before Parliament- 25th June 2014
Coming into force 21st July 2014
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the power conferred by section 68(8) of the Serious Crime Act 2007.

## 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Serious Crime Act 2007 (Specified Anti-fraud Organisations) Order 2014 and comes into force on 21st July 2014.

## 2 Specified anti-fraud organisations

The following anti-fraud organisations are specified pursuant to section 68(8) of the Serious Crime Act 2007—
(a) Callcredit Information Group Limited;
(b) BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Limited;
(c) Dun and Bradstreet Limited;
(d) Equifax Limited;
(e) Synectics Solutions Limited.

## Signature

Karen Bradley
Minister of State
Home Office
18th June 2014

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
Section 68 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (“the 2007 Act”) 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. Article 2 of this Order specifies five anti-fraud organisations for the purpose of section 68 of the 2007 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1608 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007-specified-anti-fraud-organisations-order-2014
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