{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2015-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-regulations-2016/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2016/148",
  "legislation_title": "The Serious Crime Act 2015 (Commencement No. 5 and Transitional Provisions and Savings) Regulations 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2015-commencement-no-5-and-transitional-provisions-and-savings-regulations-2016",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Provisions coming into force on 1stMarch 2016",
  "text": "The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force on 1st March 2016—\n(a) section 13 (conditions for exercise of search and seizure powers);\n(b) section 23 (prohibitory property orders: PPO receivers);\n(c) section 38(1) and (2) (confiscation investigations);\n(d) section 46 (extension of Part 1 of Serious Crime Act 2007 to Scotland);\n(e) section 50(1)(b) (serious crime prevention orders and financial reporting etc);\n(f) section 85(1) (minor and consequential amendments), so far as it relates to paragraphs 14, 15, 55, 71 and 73 of Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments);\n(g) Schedule 1 (amendments of Serious Crime Act 2007: Scotland); and\n(h) Paragraphs 14, 15, 55, 71 and 73 of Schedule 4 so far as not already commenced.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/148/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:27:37.080548+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."
}