{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2015/section-48",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2015/section-48.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2015/9",
  "legislation_title": "Serious Crime Act 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2015",
  "path": "section/48",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "48",
  "heading": "Powers of Crown Court to replace orders on breach",
  "text": "(1) Section 21 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (powers of Crown Court to vary orders on breach) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (2)—\n(a) after “vary” insert “ or replace ”;\n(b) after “the order as varied” insert “ , or the new order, ”.\n(3) In subsection (4)—\n(a) after “vary” insert “ or replace ”;\n(b) after “the order as varied” insert “ , or the new order, ”.\n(4) In subsection (5), for “A variation under this section may be made” substitute “ An order may be varied or replaced under this section ”.\n(5) In subsection (6), after “variation” insert “ or new order ”.\n(6) After subsection (7) insert—\n“(8) A reference in this section to replacing a serious crime prevention order is to making a new serious crime prevention order and discharging the existing one.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 48 in force at 3.5.2015 by S.I. 2015/820, reg. 2(g)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2015/9/section/48",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:05.371498+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."
}