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Serious Crime Act

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.

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Progress through Parliament14 stages recorded
Lords
1st reading
05 Jun 2014
Lords
2nd reading
16 Jun 2014
Lords
Committee stage
02 Jul 2014
Lords
Report stage
14 Oct 2014
Lords
3rd reading
05 Nov 2014
Commons
1st reading
06 Nov 2014
Commons
2nd reading
05 Jan 2015
Commons
Programme motion
05 Jan 2015
Commons
Money resolution
05 Jan 2015
Commons
Committee stage
13 Jan 2015
Commons
Report stage
23 Feb 2015
Commons
3rd reading
23 Feb 2015
Lords
Consideration of Commons amendments and / or reasons
02 Mar 2015
Royal Assent
03 Mar 2015