Serious crime prevention orders: Scope, requirements and enforcement under the Serious Crime Act 2007 in England and Wales


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Practice notes

Serious crime prevention orders: Scope, requirements and enforcement under the Serious Crime Act 2007 in England and Wales


Published by a ³ÉÈËÓ°Òô Corporate Crime expert

Practice notes
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Serious crime prevention orders (SCPOs) were created by Part 1 of the Serious Crime ACT 2007 (SCA 2007) and are civil orders used against those involved in serious crime. A SCPO is used to protect the public by preventing, restricting or disrupting a person's involvement in serious crime through the imposition of conditions on a person's activities such as who they can Associate with, where they can travel to, or placing an obligation to report their financial affairs to the police.

SCPOs can be made where a person has committed (or assisted in the Commission of) a serious offence in England and Wales.

A serious offence is defined in SCA 2007, s 2(2) as:

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    an offence specified or falling within the description set out in SCA 2007, Sch 1, Pt 1, or

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    an offence the court considers, in the circumstances, to be sufficiently serious to be treated as such for the purposes of the application

The offences for which a SCPO can be made are listed in SCA 2007, Sch 1 and include:

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    bribery

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