Before section 14 (but after the italic heading before that...
- Carry out a pre-application risk assessment for an injunction
UK Act of Parliament
2026
United Kingdom
Crime and Policing Act 2026
At a glance
What's here
122 compliance obligations, 1 practical guide
Penalty landscape
49 of 122 obligations carry an unlimited fine. 19 carry different penalties and 54 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Who this Act binds
Plus 37 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
Relevant guidance
Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.
Mentioned in related content
1 guidesWhat this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Schedules
In section 88 (reimbursement of costs)— (a) in subsection (1),...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Serve cost-recovery applications on RSH providers Local authority
In Part 11 of the Sentencing Code, after Chapter 2...
- Complying with a Child Criminal Exploitation prevention order
Offence of breaching CCE prevention order
Unlimited fine- Fail to comply with CCE prevention order
Offences relating to notifications
Unlimited fine- Fail to comply with notification requirements under CCE prevention order
Notification requirements
- Notify police of your name and address within 3 days if subject to a CCE prevention order
Offence of breaching CCE prevention order
Unlimited fine- Breach a CCE prevention order
Offences relating to notifications
Unlimited fine- Fail to comply with notification requirements under a CCE prevention order
Notification requirements
- Notify police of your name and home address under a CCE prevention order
An offence under section 28 of the Violent Crime Reduction...
Unlimited fine- Use someone to mind a weapon
An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
Unlimited fine- Participate in organised crime group or possess paedophile manual
An inchoate offence (within the meaning of section 398(3) of...
Unlimited fine- Attempt, conspire, or incite a serious business offence
An offence under section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive...
- Supply or manufacture flick knives or gravity knives
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
Unlimited fine- Child sexual offences involving contact, payment, or pornography
An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
Unlimited fine- Possess air weapon without certificate or deal without registration
An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
- Engage in human trafficking or forced labour
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
Unlimited fine- Produce, supply, or possess psychoactive substances with intent to supply
Inciting a person to commit a relevant offence.
- Inciting a person to commit a relevant offence
An offence under section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act...
- Deal in or possess prohibited offensive weapons
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
- Possess, deal in, or possess prohibited firearms without a certificate (NI)
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
Unlimited fine- Produce, supply, possess or cultivate controlled drugs
An offence under section 63 of the Criminal Justice and...
Unlimited fine- Possess extreme pornographic image
An offence under section 48 of this Act (child criminal...
- Engage in child criminal exploitation
An attempt or conspiracy to commit an offence mentioned in...
- Attempt or conspire to commit a listed child-related offence
An offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act...
Unlimited fine- Participate in serious crime related to business activity
An offence under section 2 of the Human Trafficking and...
- Human trafficking of a person under 18 for sexual exploitation
An attempt or conspiracy to commit an offence specified in...
Unlimited fine- Attempt or conspire to commit a human trafficking or border control offence
An offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act...
- Encourage or assist a serious crime (human trafficking etc.)
An offence under section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act...
- Commit human trafficking of a child for sexual exploitation
Attempting or conspiring to commit an offence specified in paragraph...
- Attempt or conspire to commit a serious specified offence
An offence under section 2 of the Modern Slavery Act...
- Traffic a child for sexual exploitation
An inchoate offence (within the meaning given by section 398...
- Attempt, conspire, or assist in committing a specified offence
After section 66A insert— Sharing semen-defaced image (1) A person (A) commits an offence if—
Unlimited fine- Share a semen-defaced image without consent
Duty to designate trusted flagger
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must designate at least one trusted flagger for intimate image reports Crown / Minister / Government department
Enforcement
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Regulators must provide rights of appeal against penalties and compliance notices Crown / Minister / Government department
Obstruction etc
Unlimited fine- Obstruct a constable or fail to comply with a police requirement
Applications for warrants
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Applicants for search warrants must provide specified information Crown / Minister / Government department
Evidence of authority etc
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Constable must identify themselves and provide warrant copy when executing a search warrant Crown / Minister / Government department
Securing premises after entry
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Police must secure premises after a search Crown / Minister / Government department
Return and retention of warrant
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Appropriate person must retain search warrants for 12 months and allow occupier inspection on request Crown / Minister / Government department
Applications for suspension orders: non-disclosure duty
- Do not disclose a suspension order application
The serious risk of injustice test
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Courts must consider evidence of serious risk of injustice before making assumptions in confiscation cases Tribunal / Court
In section 42 (court’s duty to order payment of surcharge),...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Court must adjust surcharge duty when sentencing before confiscation proceedings Tribunal / Court
In section 46 (criminal courts charge duty), in subsection (1),...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Criminal courts charge duty removed from sentencing Statutory regulator
Time for payment where provisional discharge of order is revoked
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Court must set payment terms on revocation of provisional discharge of confiscation order Tribunal / Court
The serious risk of injustice test
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Court must consider all circumstances and evidence in serious risk of injustice test Tribunal / Court
Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 (c. 28)
Unlimited fine- Cause or allow serious harm or death of a child
Duty to maintain barred persons lists
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Relevant policing authorities must maintain a barred persons list Crown / Minister / Government department
Inclusion of persons in advisory lists
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Policing authorities must add resigning officers with pending allegations to advisory lists Statutory regulator
Regulations
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must consult devolved bodies before making regulations Crown / Minister / Government department
Inclusion of NCA officers and constables in barred persons lists
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Include dismissed NCA officers and constables in barred persons lists Statutory regulator
Inclusion of civilian employees in barred persons lists
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Policing authorities must add dismissed civilian employees to barred persons list Statutory regulator
Removal of NCA officers and constables from barred persons lists
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Policing authority must remove reinstated officers from barred list Crown / Minister / Government department
Removal of civilian employees from barred persons lists
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Police authorities must remove cleared civilian employees from barred lists Statutory regulator
Duty to maintain advisory lists
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Relevant policing authorities must maintain an advisory list Statutory regulator
Browse 408 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 is amended...
(1) Section 8 (variation or discharge of injunctions) is amended...
(1) Section 9 (arrest without warrant) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 10 (issue of arrest warrant) is amended as...
In section 12 (powers in respect of under-18s), before “injunctions”...
(1) Section 13 (power to exclude person from home), subsection...
(1) Section 14 (requirements to consult etc) is amended as...
(1) Section 18 (rules of court) is amended as follows....
In section 19 (guidance), in subsection (1), for “section 1”...
(1) In section 20 (interpretation etc), subsection (1) is amended...
(1) Section 1 (power to grant injunctions) is amended as...
In section 101 (the community remedy document), in subsection (9),...
(1) Section 102 (anti-social behaviour etc: out-of-court disposals) is amended...
(1) Schedule 2 (breach of injunctions: powers of court in...
Housing Act 1985 (c. 68)
In Schedule 3 to that Act (grounds for withholding consent...
Housing Act 1988 (c. 50)
Police Reform Act 2002 (c. 30)
Localism Act 2011 (c. 20)
Sentencing Code
After section 1 insert— Power to grant housing injunctions (1) A court may grant an injunction under this section...
(1) Section 2 (meaning of “anti-social behaviour”) is amended as...
In section 3 (requirements included in injunctions), for “section 1”,...
(1) Section 4 (power of arrest) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 5 (applications for injunctions) is amended as follows....
In section 6 (applications without notice), in subsection (1), for...
In section 7 (interim injunctions)— (a) in subsection (1), for...
The Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 is amended...
In section 85 (enforcement of closure orders), in subsection (2),...
In section 87 (access to other premises), in subsection (3),...
In section 89 (exemption from liability)— (a) after subsection (2)...
In section 91 (guidance), in subsection (1)(b), after “authorities” insert...
In section 92 (interpretation)— (a) in subsection (1), insert at...
In section 76 (power to issue closure notices)—
In section 77 (duration of closure notices)—
In section 78 (cancellation or variation of closure notices)—
In section 79 (service of notices)— (a) in subsection (1),...
In section 80 (power of court to make closure orders),...
In section 82 (extension of closure orders)—
In section 83 (discharge of closure orders)—
In section 84 (appeals), after subsection (3) insert—
Introduction
Notice of intent to issue penalty
Contents of a penalty notice
Withdrawal of notice of intent or penalty notice
Excuse for non-compliance with content removal notice requirements
Appeal
Enforcement etc
Firearms Act 1968
Firearms (Amendment) Act 1988
In section 80(3) of the Sentencing Code (list of circumstances...
Power to make CCE prevention order
Interpretation
CCE prevention orders
Applications for CCE prevention orders
Interim CCE prevention orders
CCE prevention orders in criminal proceedings: procedural powers
Variation and discharge of CCE prevention orders made on application
Variation and discharge of CCE prevention orders made in criminal proceedings
Appeals
Power to make CCE prevention order
Special measures for witnesses
Interpretation and supplementary provision
CCE prevention orders
Applications for CCE prevention orders
Applications without notice
Interim CCE prevention orders
Procedural powers where no application made
Variation and discharge of CCE prevention orders
Appeals
An offence under section 33 or 33A of the Sexual...
An offence under section 63 of the Criminal Justice and...
An offence under section 62 of the Coroners and Justice...
An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under section 43 of the Border Security, Asylum...
An offence under any of the following provisions of this...
Theft.
Reset.
Fraud.
Uttering.
Embezzlement.
An offence under section 1 of the Restriction of Offensive...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under section 141 of the Criminal Justice Act...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under section 28 of the Violent Crime Reduction...
An offence under Part 1 (rape, sexual assault etc) or...
An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
An offence under section 2 of the Abusive Behaviour and...
An offence under section 43 of the Border Security, Asylum...
An offence under section 48 of this Act (child criminal...
An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
Attempting or conspiring to commit an offence specified in this...
Aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of a relevant...
An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under Article 3 of the Protection of Children...
An offence under Article 15 of the Criminal Justice (Evidence,...
An offence under Article 53 of the Criminal Justice (Northern...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under section 62 of the Coroners and Justice...
An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
An offence under section 69 of the Serious Crime Act...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the...
An offence under section 51 of the Justice Act (Northern...
An offence under section 43 of the Border Security, Asylum...
An offence under section 1 of the Protection of Children...
An offence under either of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of— (a) section 1 of the...
Inciting a person to commit an offence specified in paragraph...
Aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring the commission of an offence...
An offence under any of— (a) Article 3 of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An inchoate offence (within the meaning given by section 398...
An offence under any of— (a) sections 51, 51A, 52,...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under section 1 of the Human Trafficking and...
Firearms Act 1968 (c.27)
Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c.12)
Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c.30)
Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)
Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978 (c.17)
Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978 (c.26)
Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48)
Children Act 1989 (c. 41)
Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (c. 33)
Criminal Injuries Compensation Act 1995 (c. 53)
Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 (c. 43)
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)
An offence under any of— (a) section 1 of the...
Activities of a person in connection with providing a child...
Acting as a personal adviser for a child under section...
Activities of a person in connection with the provision of...
Activities of a person in the exercise of functions conferred...
Activities of a person so far as acting as—
Activities of a person pursuant to requirements imposed on a...
Activities of a constable of a relevant police force carried...
Activities of a person in connection with training, supervising or...
For the purposes of this Part of this Schedule, a...
In this Part of this Schedule— “care order” has the...
An offence under any of the following provisions of the...
An offence under the law of Scotland, Northern Ireland or...
Engaging in the provision of a service to a child...
Activities of a person in the exercise of functions of...
Activities of a person relating to them reporting to the...
Activities of a person in connection with a placement under...
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows.
In section 67A (voyeurism: additional offences)— (a) omit subsection (2),...
(1) Section 77 (sections 75 and 76: relevant acts) is...
In section 78 (meaning of “sexual”), for “66B” substitute “66AB”....
In section 79 (Part 1: general interpretation), after subsection (10)...
In section 136A(3A) (specified child sex offences), in paragraph (c),...
In Schedule 2 (sexual offences to which section 72(1) to...
In Schedule 3 (sexual offences for purposes of Part 2),...
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c. 12)
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c. 44)
Armed Forces Act 2006 (c. 52)
Anti-social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014 (c. 12)
Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30)
Sentencing Code
Online Safety Act 2023 (c. 50)
After section 66AA (inserted by paragraph 2) insert— Taking or...
(1) Section 66B (sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph...
In section 66C (sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph...
(1) Section 66D (sharing or threatening to share intimate photograph...
In section 66G (definitions for purposes of sections 66E and...
In section 66H (time limits for prosecuting summary offences)—
In section 67 (voyeurism), omit subsection (3).
Guidance
Duties of OFCOM
(1) The Secretary of State may by regulations amend the...
Extra-territoriality
Interpretation
Duties to report intimate image content to trusted flagger
The intimate image register
The registrar
Operation of intimate image register
Payment of fees to registrar
Duties of providers of internet services and internet access services
Payment of fees to enforcement authority
The Sexual Offences Act 2003 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 91B (review of indefinite notification requirements: application for...
In section 91E, in the heading, at the end insert...
In section 91F (guidance), at the end of subsection (1)...
In section 94 (Part 2: supply of information to Secretary...
In section 122F (sexual risk orders and interim sexual risk...
In section 133 (Part 2: general interpretation)—
In section 136 (Part 2: Northern Ireland), in subsection (11),...
(1) Section 138 (orders and regulations) is amended as follows....
(1) Schedule 3A (discharge from indefinite notification requirements in Northern...
(1) Section 84 (notification requirements: changes) is amended as follows....
In section 85 (periodic notification)— (a) in subsection (1), after...
In section 85A (notification requirements: absence from notified address)—
(1) Section 87 (method of notification and related matters) is...
(1) Section 88 (interpretation of section 87) is amended as...
In section 88I(2) (discharge from indefinite notification requirements in England...
(1) Section 91 (offences relating to notification) is amended as...
(1) Section 91A (review of indefinite notification requirements: qualifying relevant...
Interpretation
Power to use reasonable force
Introduction
Warrant: whether authorises one or multiple entries
Form of warrants
Copies of warrants
Introduction
Warrant to be executed within one month
All-premises warrants
Saving
Search of premises more than once
Time of search
Extent of search
Power to enter and search vehicles
Power to enter and search vessels or aircraft
Warrant conferring power to enter and search premises
Applications for search warrants
Execution of search warrants
Powers of examination etc
Power to require production of documents etc
Arcade of Former Archbishops Palace, York (including the walls and...
Liverpool Cenotaph.
Merchant Navy Memorial, Tower Hill, London.
Plymouth Naval War Memorial.
Port Sunlight War Memorial.
Portsmouth Naval War Memorial.
Preston War Memorial.
The Response, Newcastle upon Tyne.
Rochdale Cenotaph.
Royal Artillery Memorial, Hyde Park Corner, London.
Southampton Cenotaph.
Arch of Remembrance, Leicester.
Spalding War Memorial.
Statue of Captain Albert Ball, Nottingham Castle Gardens, Nottingham.
Town and County War Memorial, Northampton.
Wagoners’ Memorial, Sledmere.
Ely War Memorial (and the wall in which it is...
Monument to the Women of World War II, Whitehall, London....
The external walls and roof of Alcester Town Hall, and...
Statue of Sir Winston Churchill, Parliament Square, London.
Holocaust Memorial Garden, Hyde Park, London.
Cenotaph, Whitehall, London.
Charles Church, Plymouth (being the entire derelict structure of that...
Chatham Naval War Memorial.
Edith Cavell Memorial, St Martin’s Place, London.
Eleanor Cross, Sledmere.
Hall of Memory, Centenary Square, Birmingham.
Guards Memorial, Horse Guards Parade, London.
Applications for IP address suspension orders
Applications: further provision
Service of notices and orders
Rules of court
Effect of orders
“Appropriate officer” and “senior officer”
“Judge”
“IP address provider”
“Internet domain registry” and “registrar”
(1) In this Schedule a “registrar” for an internet domain...
“Crime”, “serious crime” etc
Conditions for making an IP address suspension order
“UK person”
Further interpretation
Applications for domain name suspension orders
Conditions for making a domain name suspension order
Inclusion of non-disclosure requirements in suspension orders
Discharge and variation of suspension orders
Extension of suspension orders
Discharge and variation of non-disclosure orders
Chapter 3 of Part 2 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing...
In Schedule 3 (extraction of information from electronic devices: authorised...
In the Chapter heading— (a) for “information from” substitute “information:”;...
(1) Section 37 (extraction of information from electronic devices: investigations...
(1) Section 38 (application of section 37 to children and...
(1) Section 39 (requirements for voluntary provision and agreement) is...
(1) Section 40 (application of section 37 where user has...
(1) Section 41 (extraction of information from electronic devices: investigations...
In section 42 (code of practice about the extraction of...
(1) Section 44 (authorised persons) is amended as follows.
(1) The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is amended as...
Value of property obtained
Value of property sold or destroyed
Priority orders
Compensation directions
Timing of confiscation proceedings and effect on sentencing
Early resolution meeting
Order made: reconsideration
Provisional discharge of confiscation order
Enforcement plans
The default term and the powers of the enforcing court
Prosecutor’s discretion
Extension to Crown Court of powers in relation to money, cryptoassets and personal property
Extension to Crown Court of powers under Schedule 5 to Courts Act 2003 to make attachment of earnings orders and applications for benefit deductions
Application of Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 to attachment of earnings orders made by the Crown Court
Collection orders in respect of confiscation orders
Taking control of goods to recover a sum due under a confiscation order
Conditions for making of restraint order: risk of dissipation
Exception to restraint orders for reasonable legal expenses
Exception to restraint order for reasonable living expenses
Discharge of restraint order etc: proceedings not started within reasonable time
Restraint orders: effect of conviction
Appointment of management receiver
Appeal rights in relation to confiscation proceedings
Courts Act 2003 (c. 39)
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)
Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27)
Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013 (c. 3)
Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)
Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9)
Omit section 3 (appeals in relation to confiscation orders).
In section 6 (confiscation and victim surcharge orders), omit subsections...
Cases in which defendant has a criminal lifestyle
In section 10 (default sentences), omit subsection (1).
In Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments)—
Modern Slavery Act 2015 (c. 30)
In section 10 (supplementary provision about slavery and trafficking reparation...
In Schedule 5 (minor and consequential amendments), omit paragraphs 16...
Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22)
Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17)
In section 125 (exercise of court’s powers to impose fine...
Criminal lifestyle offences
In section 135 (making a compensation order), in subsection (6)(b),...
In section 155 (exercise of power to make a deprivation...
In section 161E(5) (making an income reduction order) (as inserted...
(1) Schedule 22 (prospective amendments of the Sentencing Code and...
In Schedule 24 (consequential amendments)— (a) omit paragraphs 183 and...
Provisional discharge of confiscation orders made under saved legislation
Effect of provisional discharge under paragraph 55 and revocation of discharge
Financial status orders
Recoverable amount
Hidden property
Tainted gifts
Benefit
(1) The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is amended as...
Value of property obtained
Value of property realised or destroyed
Priority orders
Timing of confiscation proceedings and effect on sentencing
Early resolution meeting
Order made: reconsideration
Provisional discharge of confiscation order
Enforcement plans
Power to compel defendant to attend court at any stage of enforcement proceedings
Financial status order
Prosecutor’s discretion
Confiscation assistance advisers
Extension to Crown Court of powers in relation to money, cryptoassets and personal property
Conditions for making of restraint order: risk of dissipation
Exception to restraint orders for reasonable legal expenses
Exception to restraint order for reasonable living expenses
Discharge of restraint order etc: proceedings not started within reasonable time
Restraint orders: effect of conviction
Appointment of management receiver
Appeal rights in relation to confiscation proceedings
Constitutional Reform Act 2005 (c. 4)
Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27)
Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9)
Omit section 26 (appeals in relation to confiscation orders).
In Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments), omit paragraph 48....
Human Trafficking and Exploitation (Criminal Justice and Support for Victims) Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c.2 (N.I.))
In paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 (slavery and trafficking reparation...
In Schedule 4 (minor and consequential amendments) omit paragraphs 13...
Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22)
Cases in which defendant has a criminal lifestyle
Criminal lifestyle offences
Recoverable amount
Hidden property
Tainted gifts
Benefit
Cases in which accused has a criminal lifestyle
Compensation directions
Offences against the Person Act 1861 (c.100)
Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (c.12)
Infanticide Act 1938 (c. 36)
Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 (c. 31)
An offence under section 2 of that Act (assisting a...
An offence under section 3 of that Act (assisting a...
(1) An offence under section 42 of the Armed Forces...
Removal from advisory list
Power to disclose information in advisory list
Meaning of “disciplinary proceedings”
Interpretation: general
Removal from barred lists: further provision
Publication of information in barred persons lists
Power to disclose information in barred persons list
The Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 40 (overview) is amended as follows.
In section 57, in the heading for “Notification” substitute “Foreign...
After that section insert— Domestic offence notification orders Schedule 4A makes provision for notification orders applying the notification...
(1) Section 59 (application to service offences) is amended as...
(1) Section 61 (meaning of “dealt with” for an offence)...
(1) Schedule 4 is amended as follows.
After Schedule 4 insert— Schedule 4A Domestic offence notification orders...
After Schedule 6 insert— Schedule 6A Service offence notification orders...
Prisoners and Criminal Proceedings (Scotland) Act 1993 (c. 9)
Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46)
Criminal Justice Act 2003 (c.44)
Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 (c. 28)
Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/1216 (N.I. 1))
Sentencing Code
Offence of trespassing with intent to commit criminal offence
3 months imprisonment- Trespass with intent to commit an offence
Arranging or facilitating begging for gain
Unlimited fine- Arrange or facilitate begging for financial gain
Coordinating officer
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must designate a coordinating officer for this Chapter Crown / Minister / Government department
Notice requiring appointment of content manager
- Appoint a content manager when directed by coordinating officer
Appointment of content manager following change of circumstances
- Appoint a content manager if a suitable person becomes available within 2 years
Replacement of content manager
- Notify the coordinating officer when you replace your content manager
Duty to notify changes in required information
- Notify the coordinating officer of any change to your registered information
Content removal notices: review
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Police or NCA must review content removal notices on request Statutory regulator
Failure to comply with content removal notice or decision notice: civil penalties
Fine up to £60,000- Fail to comply with content removal notice or decision notice
Maximum penalty for offences relating to offensive weapons
Unlimited fine- Sell knives or bladed articles to a person under 18
Delivery of knives etc
Unlimited fine- Deliver bladed product to residential premises without proper age/identity check
Delivery of crossbows
Unlimited fine- Deliver crossbow to residential premises or locker without proper checks
Delivery of crossbows: Northern Ireland
- Deliver crossbow to residential premises or locker without proper age checks (Northern Ireland)
Duty to report remote sales of knives etc in bulk: England and Wales and Scotland
Unlimited fine- Fail to report bulk remote sales of bladed articles
Duty to report remote sale of knives etc in bulk: Northern Ireland
Unlimited fine- Fail to report bulk remote sales of bladed articles (Northern Ireland)
Assault of retail worker
Unlimited fine- Assault a retail worker at work
Child criminal exploitation
Unlimited fine- Exploit a child for criminal purposes
Applications without notice
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Court must decide on without-notice CCE prevention order applications Tribunal / Court
Notification requirements
- Notify police of name and home address within 3 days of CCE prevention order
Offence of breaching CCE prevention order
Unlimited fine- Breach a CCE prevention order
Controlling another’s home for criminal purposes
Unlimited fine- Control another's home for criminal purposes
Causing internal concealment of item for criminal purpose
Unlimited fine- Cause internal concealment of item for criminal purpose
Child sexual abuse image-generators: England and Wales
Unlimited fine- Make, adapt, possess or supply child sexual abuse image-generators
Child sexual abuse image-generators: Northern Ireland
Unlimited fine- Make, adapt, possess or supply child sexual abuse (CSA) image-generator
Child sexual abuse image-generators: Scotland
Unlimited fine- Make, adapt, possess or supply child sexual abuse image-generators
Possession of advice or guidance about child sexual abuse or CSA images: Scotland
Unlimited fine- Possess child sexual abuse advice or guidance (Scotland)
Online facilitation of child sexual exploitation and abuse
Unlimited fine- Facilitate child sexual exploitation online
Liability for offence under section 77 committed by a body
- Consent or connive to company's child sexual exploitation offence
Preventing or deterring a person from complying with duty to report suspected child sex offence
Unlimited fine- Prevent or deter reporting of suspected child sex offence
Purported intimate image generators
Unlimited fine- Make or supply purported intimate image generator
Pornographic images of strangulation or suffocation: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
Unlimited fine- Possess or publish pornographic images of strangulation or suffocation
Pornographic images of strangulation or suffocation: Scotland
Unlimited fine- Possess or publish pornographic strangulation/suffocation images
Pornographic images of sexual activity with child under 16
Unlimited fine- Possess or publish pornographic images of child under 16
Online pornography (age and consent verification): duty to review and report
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must review age and consent verification for online porn Crown / Minister / Government department
Sexual activity with a corpse
Unlimited fine- Sexual activity with a corpse
Notification of name change
- Notify police of any new name before using it
Notification of absence from sole or main residence
- Notify police before leaving home for over 5 days
Child sex offenders: requirement to notify if entering premises where children present
- Notify police before entering premises where children are present
Restriction on applying for replacement identity documents in new name
Unlimited fine- Apply for replacement ID in a new name without authorisation
Guidance about disclosure of information by police: Northern Ireland
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Department of Justice must issue stalking disclosure guidance; Chief Constable must follow it Crown / Minister / Government department
Administering etc harmful substances (including by spiking)
Unlimited fine- Administer harmful substances (including spiking)
Encouraging or assisting serious self-harm
Unlimited fine- Encourage or assist serious self-harm
Threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour towards emergency workers
Unlimited fine- Threatening, abusive or insulting behaviour towards emergency workers
Threatening or abusive behaviour likely to harass, alarm or distress emergency workers
Fine up to £2,500- Threaten or abuse an emergency worker
Electronic devices for use in vehicle offences
Unlimited fine- Possess, make or supply electronic devices for vehicle crime
Possession of a SIM farm
Unlimited fine- Possess a SIM farm without a good reason
Supply of a SIM farm
Unlimited fine- Supply a SIM farm without proper checks
Possession of specified article
Unlimited fine- Possess a specified article without good reason
Supply of specified article
Unlimited fine- Supply a specified article without proper checks
Concealing identity at protests: designating localities and giving notice
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Police may restrict face coverings at protest sites for up to 24 hours Statutory regulator
Concealing identity at protests: procedure for designations etc
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Police must follow formal procedures when designating protest areas for identity concealment Statutory regulator
Climbing on memorials
3 months imprisonment- Climb on a specified war memorial or commemorative structure
Section 173: supplementary
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Senior officer must record oral authorisations in writing Crown / Minister / Government department
Section 173: confidential information
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Officials must secure or destroy confidential information extracted under s.173 powers Crown / Minister / Government department
Duty of offender to notify details
- Notify new names, phone numbers and email addresses to your supervising officer
Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: enforcement
Unlimited fine- Fail to comply with child cruelty offender notification requirements
Duty of IOPC Director General to give victims right to request review
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- IOPC Director General must give victims opportunity to request review of proposed determination Statutory regulator
Duty of law enforcement employers to check advisory lists
- Law enforcement employers must check advisory lists before hiring
Power to give directions to critical police undertakings
- Comply with directions from the Secretary of State
Content of youth diversion orders
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Courts must impose youth diversion orders only when necessary for public protection Tribunal / Court
Notification requirements
- Notify police of personal details within 3 days of youth diversion order
Data from electronic monitoring in England and Wales: code of practice
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must issue a code of practice for electronic monitoring data processing Crown / Minister / Government department
Duty to consult
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Police must consult youth bodies before applying for youth diversion orders for under-18s Crown / Minister / Government department
Applications without notice
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Complete required consultation before full hearing after without-notice application Local authority
Duty to make statement about proscription regime
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Home Secretary must publish proscription regime statement Crown / Minister / Government department
Consultation with devolved authorities about regulations under section 243
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must consult devolved authorities before making international information-sharing regulations Crown / Minister / Government department
Section 248: duty to make progress report
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must report on progress of AI-related Online Safety Act regulations by 31 Dec 2026 Crown / Minister / Government department
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Respect orders
Youth injunctions, housing injunctions and consequential amendments
Maximum period for certain directions, notices and orders
Fixed penalty notices
Closure of premises by registered social housing provider
Reviews of responses to complaints about anti-social behaviour
Provision of information about anti-social behaviour to Secretary of State
Seizure of motor vehicles used in manner causing alarm, distress or annoyance
Guidance on fly-tipping enforcement in England
Fly-tipping: penalty points on driving record
“Relevant user-to-user services”, “relevant search services” and “service providers”
Failure to comply with content manager requirements: civil penalty
Unlawful weapons content
Content removal notices
Decision notices requiring removal of unlawful weapons content
Guidance
Notices
Interpretation of Chapter
Possession of weapon with intent to use unlawful violence etc
Power to seize bladed articles etc
Power to seize bladed articles etc: armed forces
Remote sales of knives etc: England and Wales
Remote sale or letting of knives etc: Scotland
Remote sale of knives etc: Northern Ireland
Remote sale and letting of crossbows
Sale and delivery of crossbows: supplementary provision
Remote sale and letting of crossbows: Northern Ireland
Sale and delivery of crossbows: Northern Ireland: supplementary provision
Application of Firearms Acts to sound moderators etc
Assault of retail worker: duty to make criminal behaviour order
Theft from shop triable either way irrespective of value of goods
Proving an offence under section 48
Power to make CCE prevention order
CCE prevention orders
Applications for CCE prevention orders
Interim CCE prevention orders
Procedural powers where no application made
Variation and discharge of CCE prevention orders
Appeals
Offences relating to notifications
Special measures for witnesses
Interpretation and supplementary provision
Orders made on conviction
Child criminal exploitation prevention orders: Scotland and Northern Ireland
Section 65: interpretation
Power to amend definition of “relevant offence”
Secretary of State guidance
Department of Justice guidance
Protections for witnesses, and lifestyle offences
Possession of advice or guidance about creating etc CSA images: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
Offence under section 77 outside the United Kingdom
Section 77: supplementary provision
Sexual offences against children under 16
Sexual activity in presence of child etc
Child sex offences: grooming aggravating factor
Power to scan for child sexual abuse images at the border
Duty to report suspected child sex offences
Section 85: meaning of “relevant local authority” and “relevant police force”
Section 85: reasons to suspect child sex offence may have been committed
Exception for certain consensual sexual activities between children
Exception relating to commission of offence under section 14 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 by a child in certain circumstances
Exception in respect of certain disclosures by children
Exception for persons providing specified services
Modification of Chapter for constables
Guidance
Powers to amend this Chapter, and consequential amendments
Removal of limitation period in child sexual abuse cases
Guidance about disclosure of information by police for purpose of preventing sex offending
Offences relating to semen-defaced images, intimate photographs or films and voyeurism
Taking down intimate image content
Taking down intimate image content: consequential amendments
Image deletion orders
Intimate image material: reporting and registration
Pornographic images of sex between relatives
Online pornography (age and consent verification): power to amend Online Safety Act 2023
Online pornography (age and consent verification): power to make regulations
Obscenity etc offences: technology testing defence
Technology testing defence: meaning of “relevant offence”
Exposure
Sexual activity with an animal
Disregarding convictions and cautions for loitering or soliciting when under 18
Pardons for convictions and cautions for loitering or soliciting when under 18
Police stations at which notifications may be given: Scotland and Northern Ireland
Alternative method of notification
Review of indefinite notification requirements: England and Wales
Review of indefinite notification requirements: Northern Ireland
Power of entry and search
Minor and consequential amendments
Stalking protection orders on acquittal etc
Stalking protection orders on conviction
Stalking protection orders: Northern Ireland
Guidance about stalking
Guidance about the disclosure of information by police forces
Encouraging or assisting serious self-harm: supplementary
Child abduction
Child abduction: Northern Ireland
Safeguarding vulnerable groups: regulated activity
Safeguarding vulnerable groups: regulated activity (Northern Ireland)
Dangerous, careless or inconsiderate cycling
Domestic abuse protection orders
Guidance about honour-based abuse
Meaning of “honour-based abuse”
Aggravated offences
Interpretation of sections 146 and 147
Section 149: evidential burdens and lifestyle offences
Sections 151 and 152: meaning of “SIM farm” etc
Sections 154 and 155: specified articles and supplementary provision
Offence of concealing identity at protests
Possession of pyrotechnic articles at protests
Protests outside public office-holder’s home
Interpretation of Chapter
Places of worship: restriction on protests
Public processions and assemblies: duty to take account of cumulative disruption
Powers of senior officers to impose conditions on protests
Amendments relating to British Transport Police and Ministry of Defence Police
Return to unauthorised encampments: prohibited period
Harassment of a person in their home
Suspension of internet protocol addresses and internet domain names
Electronically tracked stolen goods: search without warrant
Electronically tracked stolen goods: search without warrant (armed forces)
Extraction of online information following seizure of electronic devices
Section 173: interpretation
Section 173: code of practice
Extraction of online information: ports and border security
Extraction of online information following agreement etc
Lawful interception of communications
Access to driver licensing information
Code of practice relating to non-criminal hate incidents
Testing of persons in police detention for presence of controlled drugs
Assessment of misuse of controlled drugs
Power to take additional sample
Removal of power to continue detention
Removal of notification conditions
Cautions given to persons having limited leave to enter or remain in UK
Confiscation
Proceedings for civil recovery: costs and expenses
Extension of polygraph condition to certain offenders
Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders
Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: power to amend Schedule 24
Notification requirements for child cruelty offenders: interpretation
Accelerated investigation procedure in respect of criminal conduct
Conditions for notification of Director of Public Prosecutions of investigation report
Anonymity for authorised firearms officers charged with qualifying offences
Anonymity for authorised firearms officers appealing convictions for qualifying offences
Authorised firearms officers: reporting directions
Authorised firearms officers: anonymity orders
Appeals to police appeals tribunals
Law enforcement employers may not employ etc barred persons
Meaning of “law enforcement employer”
Application of section 205 to Secretary of State
Application of section 205 to specified law enforcement employer
Application of section 209 to specified law enforcement employer
Interpretation of sections 205 to 210
Special police forces: barred persons lists and advisory lists
Consequential amendments
Power to make youth diversion orders
Meaning of “serious harm”
Electronic monitoring of compliance with order: England and Wales
Conditions for imposing electronic monitoring requirement: England and Wales
Interim youth diversion orders
Variation and discharge of youth diversion orders
Appeal against youth diversion order etc
Offence of breaching youth diversion order
Guidance
Rules of court about anonymity for respondents
Applications
Reviews of operation of this Chapter
Prevention of terrorism and state threats: weapons etc
Offence of wearing or displaying articles in support of proscribed organisation
Management of terrorist offenders
Sentences for offence of breaching foreign travel restriction order
Length of terrorism sentence with fixed licence period: Northern Ireland
Terrorism offences excepted from defence for slavery or trafficking victims
Ports and border security: retention and copying of articles
Prevention and investigation measures: online information
Removal of women from the criminal law related to abortion
Provisions for pardons and criminal records of women prosecuted under abortion law
Implementation of international law enforcement information-sharing agreements
Meaning of “appropriate national authority”
Extradition: cases where a person has been convicted
OFCOM’s notices to providers of internet services
Power to amend Online Safety Act 2023: AI
Criminal liability of bodies corporate and partnerships where senior manager commits offence
Powers to make consequential amendments etc
Regulations
Regulations made by the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Justice or the Welsh Ministers
Extent
Commencement
Commencement: consultation requirements
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