{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007/section-53",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007/section-53.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2007/27",
  "legislation_title": "Serious Crime Act 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007",
  "path": "section/53",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "53",
  "heading": "Prosecution of offences triable by reason of Schedule 4",
  "text": "(1) No proceedings for an offence triable by reason of any provision of Schedule 4 may be instituted—\n(a) in England and Wales, except by, or with the consent of, the Attorney General; or\n(b) in Northern Ireland, except by, or with the consent of, the Advocate General for Northern Ireland.\n(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to an offence under this Part to which section 10 of the Bribery Act 2010 applies by virtue of section 54(1) and (2) below (encouraging or assisting bribery).",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 53 renumbered as s. 53(1) by Bribery Act 2010 (c. 23), s 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 13(2) (with ss. 16, 19(05)); S.I. 2011/1418, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 53(2) inserted (1.7.2011) by Bribery Act 2010 (c. 23), s. 19(1), Sch. 1 para. 13(3) (with ss. 16, 19(5)); S.I. 2011/1418, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 restricted by 2007 c. 19, s. 18(1A) (as inserted (1.10.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 62, 94(1) (with Sch. 13 para. 5); S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 53 in force at 1.10.2008 by S.I. 2008/2504, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2007/27/section/53",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:12:31.404406+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."
}