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| Long title | An Act to establish, and make provision about, the National Crime Agency; to abolish the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the National Policing Improvement Agency; to make provision about the judiciary and the structure, administration, proceedings and powers of courts and tribunals; to make provision about deferred prosecution agreements; to make provision about border control; to make provision about drugs and driving; and for connected purposes. |
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| Citation | 2013 c 22 |
| Introduced by | Rt Hon Lord Henley |
| Territorial extent | The whole of the United Kingdom with the exception of certain provisions in Part 2 and section 57 which extend to England and Wales only, and section 56 and Schedule 22 (drugs and driving) which extend to Great Britain. |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 25 April 2013 |
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| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
| Revised text of statute as amended | |
The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22)[1] is an Act of Parliament of the Parliament of the United Kingdom introduced to the House of Lords in May 2012.[2] Its main purpose is to create the United Kingdom National Crime Agency which replaced the Serious Organised Crime Agency.[3] Part 2 of the Act relaxes the rules on filming court proceedings under controlled circumstances, and amends the rules on 'self-defence'.
It also enacts changes to press regulation in response to the Leveson Inquiry into the ethics and behaviour of the media.[4]
The Act has three parts.[5]
- ^ Crime and Courts Bill Parliament.uk
- ^ Stages of the Bill House of Lords
- ^ Radical police shake-up outlined BBC News
- ^ Amendments to Crime and Courts Bill 18 March 2013 Parliament.uk
- ^ Crime and Courts Act 2013