222 Powers to amend Schedules 5, 6 and 7
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222  Powers to amend Schedules 5, 6 and 7

(1)     The Secretary of State may by regulations amend—

(a)     Schedule 5 (terrorism offences);

(b)     Part 1 of Schedule 6 (child sexual exploitation and abuse offences).

(2)     The Scottish Ministers may by regulations amend Part 2 of Schedule 6.

(3)     The Secretary of State may by regulations amend Schedule 7 (priority offences).

But an offence may be added to that Schedule only on the grounds in subsection (4) or (5), and subsection (6) limits the power to add an offence.

(4)     The first ground for adding an offence to Schedule 7 is that the Secretary of State considers it appropriate

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