Serious Crime Act
Act of ParliamentThis bill passed all stages in both Houses and received Royal Assent.
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Long title
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.
Progress through Parliament
- 1st reading· Lords
5 June 2014 – 5 June 2014
- 2nd reading· Lords
16 June 2014 – 16 June 2014
- Committee stage· Lords
2 July 2014 – 15 July 2014
- Report stage· Lords
14 October 2014 – 28 October 2014
- 3rd reading· Lords
5 November 2014 – 5 November 2014
- 1st reading· Commons
6 November 2014 – 6 November 2014
- 2nd reading· Commons
5 January 2015 – 5 January 2015
- Programme motion· Commons
5 January 2015 – 5 January 2015
- Money resolution· Commons
5 January 2015 – 5 January 2015
- Committee stage· Commons
13 January 2015 – 22 January 2015
- Report stage· Commons
23 February 2015 – 23 February 2015
- 3rd reading· Commons
23 February 2015 – 23 February 2015
- Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons· Lords
2 March 2015 – 2 March 2015
- Royal Assent· Unassigned
3 March 2015 – 3 March 2015
Source: UK Parliament Bills API. Bill ID: 1376.