Policy paper

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022: overarching documents

These documents relate to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.

• From: Home Office and Ministry of Justice
• Published: 9 March 2021
• Last updated: 29 June 2023
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  1. 29 June 2023

     Amended to reflect provisions of the Act which have come into force.

  2. 13 April 2023

     Commencement schedule updated.

  3. 20 March 2023

     Updates made to Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 commencement schedule as new provisions of the act have been brought into force.

  4. 1 March 2023

     Added Update note: Offensive weapons homicide review impact assessment.

  5. 30 November 2022

     Added commencement dates for provisions under No. 4 Regulations and No. 5 Regulations.

  6. 27 October 2022

     Updated the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 commencement schedule as further provisions of the act have now commenced.

  7. 22 June 2022

     Added the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 commencement schedule.

  8. 9 May 2022

     Updated documents published: 'Overarching equality statement: sentencing, release, probation and youth justice measures', 'Impact assessment: increasing efficiency and accessibility in the courts and tribunal system', 'Impact assessment: criminal law', 'Impact assessment: assaults on emergency workers', 'Impact assessment: driving offences', 'Impact assessment: detention and training orders', 'Impact assessment: out of court disposals', 'Impact assessment: sentencing, release, probation and youth justice measures', 'release for serious offenders: Impact Assessment ', 'Annex A: in-scope offences', 'Annex A: measures to clarify or resolve legislative inconsistencies',

  9. 2 March 2022

     Letter to Yvette Cooper MP and Tom Pursglove MP ON commons consideration of Lords amendments added.

  10. 6 January 2022

      Add further ECHR memorandum and delegated powers memorandum.

  11. 10 December 2021

      Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill supplementary delegated powers memorandum and supplementary memorandum by the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Department for Transport added.

  12. 25 November 2021

      Supplementary ECHR memorandum published.

  13. 14 July 2021

      Added letter to Philip Davies MP: report stage amendments. Updated Keeling Schedules - Home Office provisions.

  14. 8 July 2021

      Delegate powers memorandum updated.

  15. 7 July 2021

      Updated the following documents: Impact assessment: sentencing, release, probation and youth justice measures, Annex A: measures to clarify or resolve legislative inconsistencies, Impact assessment: detention and training orders, Equality impact statement: courts and Impact assessment: increasing efficiency and accessibility in the courts and tribunal system.

  16. 2 July 2021

      New extraction of information from electronic devices: draft code of practice added.

  17. 1 July 2021

      Two documents added: 1. letter to Sarah Jones MP about draft regulations under Public Order Act 1986. 2. Draft Public Order Act 1986 (Provision About the Meaning of Certain Powers to Impose Conditions – Serious Disruption) Regulations.

  18. 14 June 2021

      Updated 'Impact assessment: out of court disposals' and 'Annex A: in-scope offences'.

  19. 13 May 2021

      Added Keeling Schedules – Home Office provisions and Letter from Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor following Second Reading.

  20. 11 March 2021

      Added the overarching impact assessment, the ECHR memorandum and the delegated powers memorandum.

  21. 9 March 2021

      First published.

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Documents

Annex A: in-scope offences

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Annex A: measures to clarify or resolve legislative inconsistencies

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Delegated powers memorandum

https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/42145/documents/490

Draft Public Order Act 1986 (Provision About the Meaning of Certain Powers to Impose Conditions – Serious Disruption) Regulations

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ECHR memorandum

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0268/JCHRfinalMEMO.pdf

Equality impact statement: courts

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Extraction of information from electronic devices: draft code of practice

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Impact assessment: assaults on emergency workers

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Impact assessment: criminal law

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Impact assessment: detention and training orders

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Impact assessment: driving offences

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Impact assessment: increasing efficiency and accessibility in the courts and tribunal system

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Impact assessment: out of court disposals

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Impact assessment: pre-charge bail

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Impact assessment: release policy for serious offenders

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Impact assessment: sentencing, release, probation and youth justice measures

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Impact assessment: serious violence duty

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Keeling Schedules – Home Office provisions

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Letter from Home Secretary and Lord Chancellor following Second Reading

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Letter to Philip Davies MP: report stage amendments (accessible version)

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Letter to Philip Davies MP: report stage amendments

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Letter to Sarah Jones MP: draft regulations under Public Order Act 1986

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Letter to Yvette Cooper MP and Tom Pursglove MP: commons consideration of Lords amendments (accessible version)

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Letter to Yvette Cooper MP and Tom Pursglove MP: commons consideration of Lords amendments

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Overarching equalities statement: criminal law

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Overarching equality statement: sentencing, release, probation and youth justice measures

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Overarching impact assessment

https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0268/20210304%20HO0383%20-%20PCSC%20Overarching%20IA%20-%20FINAL%20CLEAN%20(signed).pdf

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 commencement schedule

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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: supplementary delegated powers memorandum

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Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill: supplementary memorandum by the Home Office, Ministry of Justice and Department for Transport

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Supplementary ECHR memorandum

https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/43886/documents/1017

Supplementary ECHR memorandum, Lords Report tranche 2

https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44495/documents/1190

Supplementary delegated powers memorandum, second tranche of amendments

https://bills.parliament.uk/publications/44494/documents/1189

Update note: Offensive weapons homicide review impact assessment

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Overarching documents that belong to the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022.