Act of Parliament Introduced 5 Jun 2014 Home Office ↗ Parliament

Serious Crime Act

A Bill to Amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the Computer Misuse Act 1990, Part 4 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009, section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933, the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003, the Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation (Scotland) Act 2005 and the Terrorism Act 2006; to make provision about involvement in organised crime groups and about serious crime prevention orders; to make provision for the seizure and forfeiture of drug-cutting agents; to create an offence of communicating sexually with a child; to make it an offence to possess an item that contains advice or guidance about committing sexual offences against children; to create an offence in relation to controlling or coercive behaviour in intimate or family relationships; to make it an offence to possess a knife or offensive weapon inside a prison; to make provision for the prevention or restriction of the use of communication devices by persons detained in custodial institutions; to make provision approving for the purposes of section 8 of the European Union Act 2011 certain draft decisions under Article 352 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union relating to serious crime; and for connected purposes.

Legislative progress

Lords 5 Jun 2014
1st reading
Lords 16 Jun 2014
2nd reading
Lords 2 Jul 2014
Committee stage
Lords 14 Oct 2014
Report stage
Lords 5 Nov 2014
3rd reading
Commons 6 Nov 2014
1st reading
Commons 5 Jan 2015
2nd reading
Commons 5 Jan 2015
Programme motion
Commons 5 Jan 2015
Money resolution
Commons 13 Jan 2015
Committee stage
Commons 23 Feb 2015
Report stage
Commons 23 Feb 2015
3rd reading
Lords 2 Mar 2015
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
Unassigned 3 Mar 2015
Royal Assent

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