The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Commencement No.1) Order 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/219
• Sections: 3

Section 1

(1) This Order may be cited as the Serious Crime Act 2007 (Commencement No. 1) Order 2008.

(2) In this Order “ the Act ” means the Serious Crime Act 2007.

Section 2

The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 15th February 2008—

(a) section 85 (disclosure of information by Revenue and Customs);

(b) section 88 together with Schedule 12 (extension of investigatory powers of Revenue and Customs);

(c) section 92 (repeals and revocations) in so far as it relates to the entries in Schedule 14 in paragraph (d); and

(d) in Schedule 14 (repeals and revocations) the entries relating to—

(i) section 108(1) of the Police Act 1997 ;

(ii) sections 56(1) and 81(1) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 ; and

(iii) paragraphs 1 and 11 of Schedule 2 to the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 .

Section 3

The following provisions of the Act shall come into force on 1st March 2008—

(a) section 24(9) and (10) (order making powers relating to appeals procedure);

(b) section 37 (functions of applicant authorities) in so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraph (c);

(c) paragraphs 4 and 18 of Schedule 2 (Code for Crown Prosecutors and Code for Public Prosecutors);

(d) section 40(1), (2) and (4) (order making powers relating to authorised monitors);

(e) section 68(8) (interpretation and power to specify an anti-fraud organisation);

(f) section 71(1), (2), (4) and (5) (code of practice for disclosure of information to prevent fraud);

(g) section 73 (data matching) in so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraphs (h) to (j);

(h) paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 7 in so far as they insert new section 32G(1), (3) and (4) of the Audit Commission Act 1998 (code of data matching practice);

(i) paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 in so far as it inserts new section 64G(1), (3) and (4) of the Public Audit (Wales) Act 2004 (code of data matching practice);

(j) paragraph 6 of Schedule 7 in so far as it inserts new Article 4G(1), (3) and (4) of the Audit and Accountability (Northern Ireland) Order 2003 (code of data matching practice);

(k) section 74(1) (order making power relating to the abolition of the Assets Recovery Agency);

(l) section 74(2)(d) and (g) (transfer of investigation functions and amendments to other enactments) in so far as it relates to the provisions in paragraphs (m) and (n);

(m) paragraph 115 of Schedule 8 in so far as it inserts new section 377A(1) to (5) and (10) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (code of practice of Attorney General or Advocate General for Northern Ireland);

(n) paragraph 169 of Schedule 8 (new section 2A of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 ) for the purpose of the preparation of the Serious Organised Crime Agency’s annual plan under section 6 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 for the financial year commencing 1st April 2008; and

(o) section 74(3) together with Schedule 9 (transfers to the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the National Policing Improvement Agency).