- Enforced by
- Home Office, Police
- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Imprisonment 3 of 16 obligations carry imprisonment (5 years). 9 carry different penalties and 4 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person12
Plus 4 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Sections creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1
Proceeds of crime
1 of 40 sections shown
s.016
Orders for securing compliance with confiscation order (opens in a new tab)
Imprisonment
- Breach of a compliance order related to confiscationAny Person
39 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 2
Computer misuse
1 of 4 sections shown
s.041
Unauthorised acts causing, or creating risk of, serious damage (opens in a new tab)
Imprisonment
- Carry out unauthorised computer act causing serious damageAny Person
3 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 3
Organised, serious and gang-related crime
1 of 7 sections shown
s.045
Offence of participating in activities of organised crime group (opens in a new tab)
Imprisonment
- Participate in organised crime group activitiesAny Person
6 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 4
Seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents
4 of 14 sections shown
s.054
Execution of search and seizure warrants (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Obstruct police or customs officer executing a search warrantAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
s.057
Notice to be given where substances seized (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Officers must provide written notice of seized substancesStatutory regulator
s.061
Forfeiture and disposal, or return, of seized substances (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Magistrates' Court must order return of seized substances if not drug-relatedTribunal / Court
s.063
Return of substance to person entitled to it, or disposal if return impracticable (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Police or customs must return seized substances or dispose of themStatutory regulator
Unlimited fine
10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
Part 5
Protection of children and others
6 of 15 sections shown
s.069
Possession of paedophile manual (opens in a new tab)
Imprisonment
- Possess paedophile manualAny Person
s.071
Anonymity for victims of female genital mutilation (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Publish identifying information of an FGM victimAny Person
Unlimited fine
s.072
Offence of failing to protect girl from risk of genital mutilation (opens in a new tab)
Imprisonment
- Fail to protect a girl from the risk of genital mutilationAny Person
s.073
Female genital mutilation protection orders (opens in a new tab)
Imprisonment
- Breach a female genital mutilation protection orderAny Person
s.074
Duty to notify police of female genital mutilation (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Notify the police if you discover FGM on a girl under 18Any Person
s.075
Offences under section 75A committed outside the United Kingdom
Imprisonment
- Commit strangulation or suffocation offences outside the UKAny Person
9 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.075
Strangulation or suffocation
s.076
Offences under section 76 committed outside the United Kingdom
Part 6
Miscellaneous and general
3 of 13 sections shown
s.078
Knives and offensive weapons in prisons (opens in a new tab)
Imprisonment
- Unauthorised possession of a knife or weapon in a prisonAny Person
s.079
Throwing articles into prisons (opens in a new tab)
Imprisonment
- Throw articles into prison without authorisationAny Person
s.084
Termination of pregnancy on grounds of sex of foetus (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must assess and plan against sex-selective abortionCrown / Minister / Government department
10 other sections in this Part — procedural and definitional
s.080
Prevention or restriction of use of communication devices by prisoners etc (opens in a new tab)
s.080
Prevention or restriction of use of communication devices for drug dealing
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 142 shown142 other schedules
s.sch001
The Serious Crime Act 2007 is amended as set out...
s.sch001
(1) Section 9 (right of third parties to make representations)...
s.sch001
In section 10 (notice requirements in relation to orders), in...
s.sch001
(1) Section 12 (restrictions for legal professional privilege) is amended...
s.sch001
In section 13 (restrictions on excluded material and banking information),...
s.sch001
(1) Section 17 (variation of orders) is amended as follows....
s.sch001
(1) Section 18 (discharge of orders) is amended as follows....
s.sch001
In section 22 (inter-relationship between different types of order), at...
s.sch001
After that section insert— Extension of jurisdiction: Scotland Orders by...
s.sch001
After section 24 insert— Additional right of appeal from Court...
s.sch001
(1) Section 27 (powers to wind up companies etc: England...
s.sch001
(1) Section 1 (serious crime prevention orders) is amended as...
s.sch001
After section 27 insert— Powers to wind up companies etc:...
s.sch001
(1) Section 29 (powers to wind up: supplementary) is amended...
s.sch001
(1) Section 31 (other partnerships) is amended as follows.
s.sch001
In section 32 (unincorporated associations) omit sub-paragraph (ii) of subsection...
s.sch001
In section 34 (providers of information society services), in subsection...
s.sch001
After section 36 insert— Proceedings in the High Court of...
s.sch001
In section 39 (compliance with orders: authorised monitors), in the...
s.sch001
(1) Section 40 (costs in relation to authorised monitors) is...
s.sch001
In section 43 (index of defined expressions), at the appropriate...
s.sch001
In section 89 (orders)— (a) in subsection (1), for “,...
s.sch001
In section 2 (involvement in serious crime: England and Wales...
s.sch001
In section 93 (extent), in subsection (2) (provisions that extend...
s.sch001
In Schedule 1 (serious offences), after Part 1 insert— PART...
s.sch001
After section 2 insert— Involvement in serious crime: Scotland orders...
s.sch001
In section 3 (involvement in serious crime: Northern Ireland orders),...
s.sch001
In section 4 (involvement in serious crime: supplementary), after subsection...
s.sch001
In section 5 (type of provision that may be made...
s.sch001
In section 7 (other exceptions), after subsection (1) insert—
s.sch001
In section 8 (limited class of applicants for making of...
s.sch002
(1) A search and seizure warrant may be executed by...
s.sch002
(1) A police or customs officer executing a search and...
s.sch002
(1) A search and seizure warrant must be returned to...
s.sch002
(1) In this Schedule— “all-premises warrant” and “specific-premises warrant” have...
s.sch002
Entry and search under a search and seizure warrant must...
s.sch002
In the case of an all-premises warrant, premises that are...
s.sch002
Premises may be entered or searched for the second or...
s.sch002
Entry and search under a search and seizure warrant must...
s.sch002
(1) Where the occupier of premises to be entered and...
s.sch002
A search under a search and seizure warrant may only...
s.sch002
Where a police or customs officer has power under section...
s.sch002
A police or customs officer who enters premises under a...
s.sch003
(1) “Prohibited item” means an item within section 69(1).
s.sch003
(1) Section 69(1) applies to a domestic service provider who,...
s.sch003
(1) Proceedings for an offence under section 69(1) may not...
s.sch003
(1) A service provider does not commit an offence under...
s.sch003
(1) A service provider does not commit an offence under...
s.sch003
(1) A service provider does not commit an offence under...
s.sch004
In the Schedule to the Visiting Forces Act 1952 (offences...
s.sch004
(1) Section 6 of that Act (territorial scope of inchoate...
s.sch004
(1) Section 9 of that Act (British citizenship immaterial) is...
s.sch004
In section 10 of that Act, for the heading substitute...
s.sch004
In section 58A of the Courts and Legal Services Act...
s.sch004
In section 108 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995...
s.sch004
(1) Section 175 of that Act (right of appeal from...
s.sch004
In section 222 of that Act (transfer of fine orders),...
s.sch004
In section 63 of the Family Law Act 1996 (interpretation...
s.sch004
In section 71 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act...
s.sch004
In section 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002...
s.sch004
(1) The Schedule to the Street Offences Act 1959 (orders...
s.sch004
In section 12 of that Act (interest on unpaid sums),...
s.sch004
In section 14 of that Act (postponement), after paragraph (c)...
s.sch004
(1) Section 15 of that Act (effect of postponement) is...
s.sch004
(1) Section 19 of that Act (no order made: reconsideration...
s.sch004
(1) Section 20 of that Act (no order made: reconsideration...
s.sch004
(1) Section 21 of that Act (order made: reconsideration of...
s.sch004
(1) Section 22 of that Act (order made: reconsideration of...
s.sch004
(1) Section 31 of that Act (appeal to Court of...
s.sch004
In section 32 of that Act (Court of Appeal's powers...
s.sch004
In section 33 of that Act (appeal to Supreme Court),...
s.sch004
In section 50 of the Criminal Appeal Act 1968 (meaning...
s.sch004
In section 35 of that Act (enforcement as fines), in...
s.sch004
In section 41 of that Act (restraint orders), after subsection...
s.sch004
(1) Section 42 of that Act (application, discharge and variation...
s.sch004
In section 55 of that Act (sums received by designated...
s.sch004
In section 89 of that Act (procedure on appeal to...
s.sch004
In section 92 of that Act (making of order), at...
s.sch004
In section 99 of that Act (postponement), after paragraph (c)...
s.sch004
(1) Section 100 of that Act (effect of postponement) is...
s.sch004
(1) Section 104 of that Act (no order made: reconsideration...
s.sch004
(1) Section 105 of that Act (no order made: reconsideration...
s.sch004
In section 30(3) of the Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act...
s.sch004
(1) Section 106 of that Act (order made: reconsideration of...
s.sch004
(1) Section 107 of that Act (order made: reconsideration of...
s.sch004
In section 118 of that Act (application of provisions about...
s.sch004
(1) Section 121 of that Act (application, recall and variation)...
s.sch004
In section 131 of that Act (sums received by clerk...
s.sch004
In section 153 of that Act (satisfaction of confiscation orders),...
s.sch004
In section 156 of that Act (making of order), at...
s.sch004
In section 162 of that Act (interest on unpaid sums),...
s.sch004
(1) Section 181 of that Act (appeal to Court of...
s.sch004
In section 185 of that Act (enforcement as fines)—
s.sch004
In paragraph 3 of Schedule 1 to the Senior Courts...
s.sch004
In section 190 of that Act (restraint orders), after subsection...
s.sch004
(1) Section 191 of that Act (application, discharge and variation...
s.sch004
In section 273 of that Act (payments in respect of...
s.sch004
In section 277 of that Act (consent orders: pensions), in...
s.sch004
In section 316 of that Act (Part 5: general interpretation),...
s.sch004
In section 341 of that Act (investigations), in subsection (1)...
s.sch004
In section 416 of that Act (other interpretative provisions), after...
s.sch004
(1) Section 459 of that Act (orders and regulations) is...
s.sch004
(1) In Schedule 2 to that Act (lifestyle offences: England...
s.sch004
In Schedule 10 to that Act, in paragraph 1 (disapplication...
s.sch004
(1) In section 18 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments...
s.sch004
In section 8 of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003...
s.sch004
In Schedule 8 to the Courts Act 2003 omit paragraph...
s.sch004
In section 54 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (sections...
s.sch004
In section 78 of that Act (meaning of “sexual”), for...
s.sch004
(1) In section 136A of that Act (meaning of specified...
s.sch004
(1) Subsection (3) of that section is amended as follows....
s.sch004
(1) Schedule 3 to that Act (sexual offences for purposes...
s.sch004
In Schedule 3 to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 omit...
s.sch004
(1) Schedule 15 to that Act (specified offences for purposes...
s.sch004
In each of the following provisions of the Computer Misuse...
s.sch004
(1) Schedule 34A to that Act (child sex offences for...
s.sch004
In the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 omit...
s.sch004
In section 175 of that Act (penalties for offences: transitional...
s.sch004
(1) Section 179 of that Act (extent etc) is amended...
s.sch004
In section 17 of the Terrorism Act 2006 (commission of...
s.sch004
In Schedule 2 to the Armed Forces Act 2006 (which...
s.sch004
In section 9 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (right...
s.sch004
In section 16 of that Act (duration of orders), at...
s.sch004
(1) Section 19 of that Act (orders by Crown Court...
s.sch004
In section 21 of that Act (powers of Crown Court...
s.sch004
In section 3A of that Act (making, supplying or obtaining...
s.sch004
In section 36 of that Act (proceedings in the Crown...
s.sch004
(1) Schedule 1 to that Act (serious offences) is amended...
s.sch004
In Part 2 of Schedule 3 to that Act (offences...
s.sch004
In the Policing and Crime Act 2009, in the heading...
s.sch004
In section 35 (contents of injunctions), in subsection (2)(e), after...
s.sch004
In section 49 (interpretation), at the appropriate place in subsection...
s.sch004
In the Crime and Security Act 2010 omit section 34...
s.sch004
(1) Part 1 of Schedule 1 to the Legal Aid,...
s.sch004
(1) Part 3 of that Schedule (advocacy: exclusion and exceptions)...
s.sch004
In the Schedule to the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud...
s.sch004
In section 4 of that Act (territorial scope of offences),...
s.sch004
In section 116 of the Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing...
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