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The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Sites) Order 2005

S.I. 2005/3447 · Made 14 December 2005 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

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POLICE

CRIMINAL LAW

Made 14th December 2005

Laid before Parliament 19th December 2005

Coming into force 1st April 2006

The Secretary of State makes the following order in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 128 and 129 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005f1:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

2005 c. 15.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Designated sites
  3. Signature
  4. Schedule Schedule
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

This Order may be cited as the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (Designated Sites) Order 2005 and shall come into force on 1st April 2006.

2Designated sitesI1

(1)

The sites listed in the Schedule to this Order are designated for the purposes of sections 128 and 129 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

(2)

A designated site comprises the area within the outer perimeter of the protection provided for the site, being the line of the outermost fences, walls, or other obstacles provided or relied on for protecting the site from intruders.

(3)

The line referred to in paragraph (2) shall be determined on the assumption that every gate, door or other barrier across a way through a fence, wall or other obstacle is closed.

(4)

In respect of any site directly adjoining the coast, the line referred to in paragraph (2) shall run along the edge of the man-made quay so that any wharf, jetty or structure that projects into the sea is included within the designated site.

Signature

Adam Ingram

Minister of State Ministry of Defence

14th December 2005

I1

  • F1Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, Porton Down

  • Her Majesty’s Naval Base Clyde

  • Northwood Headquarters

  • RAF Brize Norton

  • RAF Croughton

  • RAF Fairford

  • RAF Feltwell

  • RAF Fylingdales

  • RAF Lakenheath

  • RAF Menwith Hill

  • RAF Mildenhall

  • F2RAF Molesworth

  • F3RAF Waddington

  • RAF Welford

  • Royal Naval Armaments Depot Coulport

  • F4...

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Secretary of State has determined that it is in the interests of national security to designate the sites listed in the Schedule. The sites in England are designated under section 128, and the sites in Scotland under section 129, of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005.

Under section 128 of the Act, a person commits an offence if he enters, or is on, any designated site in England or Wales as a trespasser. Under section 129 of the Act, a person commits an offence if he enters, or is on, any designated Scottish site without lawful authority.

An offence under section 128 is punishable on summary conviction by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.

An offence under section 129 is punishable on summary conviction by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months, or a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or both.