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The Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2015

S.I. 2015/1976 · Made 4 December 2015

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Criminal Law, England And Wales

Made 4th December 2015

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the power conferred by section 88(1) of the Serious Crime Act 2015f1, makes the following Regulations.

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Footnotes

f1

2015 c. 9.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and interpretation
  2. 2Provisions coming into force on 29th December 2015
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1Citation and interpretation

These Regulations may be cited as the Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2015.

2Provisions coming into force on 29th December 2015

The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force on 29th December 2015—

(a)

section 76 (coercive or controlling behaviour in an intimate or family relationship);

(b)

section 77 (guidance about investigation of offences under section 76).

Signature

Karen Bradley

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

4th December 2015

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are the fourth set of commencement regulations made under the Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9) (“the 2015 Act”).

Regulation 2 brings into force on 29th December 2015 sections 76 and 77 of the 2015 Act. Section 76 creates a new offence of coercive or controlling behaviour in an intimate or family relationship and section 77 allows the Secretary of State to issue guidance about the investigation of offences under section 76 to whoever the Secretary of State considers appropriate.