Serious Crime Act 2007 : chapter 27 : explanatory notes
The Serious Crime Act 2007 has a number of measures designed to improve the processes used by police and other authorities to identify, find, arrest and prosecute serious offenders. They include: new powers for police to stop and search for weapons in areas where violent crime has occurred; allowing courts to impose restrictions on those proven to be involved in serious crime; more information sharing between public and private sectors; makes encouraging or assisting somebody committing a crime an offence; merges elements of the Assets Recovery Agency with the Serious Organised Crime Agency; facilitates seizing proceeds of crime; extends HM Revenue and Customs surveillance powers to combat organised tax fraud
Print Book, English, 2007
Stationery Office, London, 2007
52 pages ; 30 cm
9780105627074, 0105627070
940356885
These notes refer to the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27) (ISBN 9780105427070) which received Royal assent on 30 October 2007