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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2015-commencement-no-1-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/820",
  "legislation_title": "The Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2015-commencement-no-1-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 3rd May 2015",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force on 3rd May 2015—\n(a) section 41 (unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage);\n(b) section 42 (obtaining articles for purposes relating to computer misuse);\n(c) section 43 (territorial scope of computer misuse offence);\n(d) section 44 (savings);\n(e) section 45 (offence of participating in activities of organised crime group);\n(f) section 47 (serious crime prevention orders: meaning of “serious offence”);\n(g) section 48 (powers of crown court to replace orders on breach);\n(h) section 49 (extension of order where person charged);\n(i) in section 50 (serious crime prevention orders and financial reporting etc), subsections (1)(a) and (c) and (2);\n(j) sections 52 to 65 (seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents);\n(k) section 66 (child cruelty offence);\n(l) section 68 (child sexual exploitation);\n(m) section 69 (possession of paedophile manual);\n(n) section 84 (termination of pregnancy on grounds of sex of foetus);\n(o) section 85(1) (minor and consequential amendments), for the purposes of the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (r) of this regulation;\n(p) Schedule 2 (execution of search and seizure warrants);\n(q) Schedule 3 (paedophile manuals: providers of information society services); and\n(r) in Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—\n(i) paragraph 1;\n(ii) paragraph 2;\n(iii) paragraphs 7 to 12;\n(iv) paragraph 18;\n(v) paragraph 58;\n(vi) paragraph 62;\n(vii) paragraphs 64 and 65;\n(viii) paragraph 66(1) and (3);\n(ix) paragraph 68(1) and (3) to (5);\n(x) paragraph 69;\n(xi) paragraph 70(1), (3) and (4);\n(xii) paragraph 72;\n(xiii) paragraph 73(1) and (5);\n(xiv) paragraph 75;\n(xv) paragraphs 76 to 80;\n(xvi) paragraph 81;\n(xvii) paragraph 82; and\n(xviii) paragraph 90.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/820/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:41:09.199883+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."
}