The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Consequential Provision) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2023/250 |
| Year | 2023 |
2023 No. 250
Criminal Law, England And Wales
The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Consequential Provision) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023
Made 2nd March 2023
Laid before Parliament 6th March 2023
Coming into force 28th March 2023
The Secretary of State makes the following Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 205(1) and (2) of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 20221.
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Consequential Provision) (England and Wales) Regulations 2023 and come into force on 28th March 2023.
(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales.
Amendment of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Specification of Particularly Serious Crimes) Order 2004
2. In Schedule 2 (Offences Under the Common Law of England and Wales and Statutory Offences that Apply Only in England and Wales) to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Specification of Particularly Serious Crimes) Order 20042under the heading “Sexual Offences Act 2003”, in the entry relating to section 14(1) of that Act, for “9” substitute “5”.
Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Categories of Offences) Order 2004
3. In Part 2 (Sexual Offences (Persons under the age of 16) Category) of the Schedule to the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Categories of Offences) Order 20043, in paragraph 25 for “sections 9 and 10” substitute “any of sections 5 to 10”.
Sarah Dines
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
2nd March 2023
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
These Regulations make provisions that are consequential on section 46 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (“the 2022 Act”). Section 46 amends section 14 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 (“the 2003 Act”) so that section 14 also covers acts relating to arranging or facilitating an offence under section 5 to 8 of the 2003 Act, in addition to offences under sections 9 to 13 of that Act.
Regulation 2 amends Schedule 2 to the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (Specification of Particularly Serious Crimes) Order 2004 to amend the references to the...
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