Regulation 3 Provisions coming into force on 1st June 2015

The following provisions of the Serious Crime Act 2015 come into force on 1st June 2015—

(a)

sections 1 to 4 (confiscation: assets held by defendant and other);

(b)

section 5 (time for payment);

(c)

section 6 (confiscation and victim surcharge orders);

(d)

section 7 (orders for securing compliance with confiscation order);

(e)

section 8 (variation or discharge);

(f)

section 9 (absconding defenders);

(g)

section 10 (default sentences);

(h)

section 11 (conditions for exercise of restraint order powers);

(i)

section 12 (continuation of restraint order after quashed conviction);

(j)

section 14 (seized money etc);

(k)

section 37 (exemption from civil liability for money-laundering disclosures);

(l)

section 39 (external orders and investigations: meaning of “obtaining property”);

(m)

section 40 (confiscation orders by magistrates’ courts);

(n)

section 51 (injunctions to prevent gang-related violence and drug-dealing activity);

(o)

section 78 (knives and offensive weapons in prisons);

(p)

section 85(1), for the purposes of the provisions listed in sub-paragraph (q) of this regulation; and

(q)

in Schedule 4—

(i)

paragraph 3;

(ii)

paragraph 6;

(iii)

paragraphs 19 to 34;

(iv)

paragraphs 52 to 54;

(v)

paragraphs 56 to 57;

(vi)

paragraph 59;

(vii)

paragraph 61;

(viii)

paragraph 67;

(ix)

paragraphs 83 to 86;

(x)

paragraph 87(1), (3) and (4); and

(xi)

paragraph 89.