CEO
Legal Handbook
A quick reference for relevant legal statutes and codes.
| Name | Legal Basis | Code/Statute |
|---|---|---|
| Harassment Act 1997 | Primary legislation for harassment. | POHA 1997 |
| Offences Against the Person Act 1861 | Primary legislation for physical harm. | OAPA 1861 s.16 |
| Breach of Non-Molestation Order | s.42 Family Law Act | FLA 1996 s.42 |
| Controlling or coercive behaviour in an intimate or family relationship | s.76 Serious Crime Act 2015 | SCA 2015 s.76 |
| Harassment with fear of violence | s.4(1) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | POHA 1997 s.4(1) |
| Harassment without violence | s.2(1) and (2) Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | POHA 1997 s.2(1)(2) |
| Offence of harassment etc. of a person in his home | s.42A Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 | CJPA 2001 s.42A |
| Racially/Religiously aggravated harassment | s.32 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 | CDA 1998 s.32 |
| Stalking | s.2A Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | POHA 1997 s.2A |
| Stalking involving fear of violence or serious alarm or distress | s.4A Protection from Harassment Act 1997 | POHA 1997 s.4A |
| Allowing persons under sixteen to be in brothels | s.3 Children and Young Persons Act 1933 | CYPA 1933 s.3 |
| Cruelty to persons under sixteen | s.1(1) Children and Young Persons Act 1933 | CYPA 1933 s.1(1) |
| Administering a substance with intent to commit a Sexual Offence | s.61 Sexual Offences Act 2003 | SOA 2003 s.61 |
| Disclosing private sexual photographs and films with intent to cause distress | s.33 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 | CJCA 2015 s.33 |
| Exposure | s.66 Sexual Offences Act 2003 | SOA 2003 s.66 |
| Rape | s.1 Sexual Offences Act 2003 | SOA 2003 s.1 |
| Rape of a child | s.5 Sexual Offences Act 2003 | SOA 2003 s.5 |
| Sexual Assault | s.3 Sexual Offences Act 2003 | SOA 2003 s.3 |
| Sexual Assault by penetration | s.2 Sexual Offences Act 2003 | SOA 2003 s.2 |
| Voyeurism | s.67 Sexual Offences Act 2003 | SOA 2003 s.67 |
| Blackmail | s.21(1) Theft Act 1968 | TA 1968 s.21(1) |
| False accounting | s.17(1)(a) Theft Act 1968 | TA 1968 s.17(1)(a) |
| Fraud by abuse of position | s.4 Fraud Act 2006 | FA 2006 s.4 |
| Fraud by false representation | s.2 Fraud Act 2006 | FA 2006 s.2 |
| Make or supply articles for use in fraud | s.7 Fraud Act 2006 | FA 2006 s.7 |
| Money Laundering Arrangement | s.328 Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 | POCA 2002 s.328 |
| Obtaining services dishonestly | s.11 Fraud Act 2006 | FA 2006 s.11 |
| Possess or control an article for use in fraud | s.6 Fraud Act 2006 | FA 2006 s.6 |
| Assault an emergency services worker | s.1 Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 | AEWOA 2018 s.1 |
| Assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) | s.47 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 | OAPA 1861 s.47 |
| Assault with intent to commit felony, or on peace officers (resist arrest) | s.38 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 | OAPA 1861 s.38 |
| Common Assault and Battery | s.39 Criminal Justice Act 1988 | CJA 1988 s.39 |
| Drivers of carriages injuring persons by furious driving | s.35 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 | OAPA 1861 s.35 |
| False Imprisonment | Common Law | Common Law |
| Grievous Bodily Harm (GBH) with intent | s.18 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 | OAPA 1861 s.18 |
| Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care provider offence | s.21 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 | CJCA 2015 s.21 |
| Ill-treatment or wilful neglect: care worker offence | s.20 Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 | CJCA 2015 s.20 |
| Maliciously administering poison, so as to endanger life or inflict grievous bodily harm | s.23 Offences against the Person Act 1861 | OAPA 1861 s.23 |
| Maliciously administering poison, with intent to injure, aggrieve, or annoy any other person | s.24 Offences against the Person Act 1861 | OAPA 1861 s.24 |
| Manslaughter | Common Law | Common Law |
| Murder | Common Law | Common Law |
| Obstruct a constable or authorised person when searching for drugs | s.23(4)(a) Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 | MDA 1971 s.23(4)(a) |
| Obstruct Police | s.89(2) Police Act 1996 | PA 1996 s.89(2) |
| Racially/Religiously Aggravated assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) | s.29 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 | CDA 1998 s.29 |
| Racially/Religiously Aggravated assault occasioning grievous bodily harm (GBH) | s.29 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 | CDA 1998 s.29 |
| Racially/Religiously Aggravated Common Assault and Battery | s.29 Crime and Disorder Act 1998 | CDA 1998 s.29 |
| Strangulation or suffocation | s.75A Serious Crime Act 2015 | SCA 2015 s.75A |
| Threats to Kill | s.16 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 | OAPA 1861 s.16 |
| Wound or inflict grievous bodily harm (GBH) without intent | s.20 Offences Against the Person Act 1861 | OAPA 1861 s.20 |
| Affray | s.3 Public Order Act 1986 | POA 1986 s.3 |
| Aggravated Trespass | s.68 Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 | CJPOA 1994 s.68 |
| Binding over to keep the peace or be of good behaviour | s.115 Magistrates Courts Act 1980 | MCA 1980 s.115 |
| Breach of the peace | Common Law | Common Law |
| Fear or provocation of violence | s.4 Public Order Act 1986 | POA 1986 s.4 |
| Harassment, alarm or distress | s.5 Public Order Act 1986 | POA 1986 s.5 |
| Intentional harassment, alarm or distress | s.4a Public Order Act 1986 | POA 1986 s.4a |
| Outraging Public Decency | Common Law | Common Law |
| Public Nuisance | Common Law | Common Law |
| Punishment for unlawful harassment of debtors | s.40 Administration of Justice Act 1970 | AJA 1970 s.40 |
| Residing on land without consent in or with a vehicle | s.60C Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 | CJPOA 1994 s.60C |
| Riot | s.1(1) Public Order Act 1986 | POA 1986 s.1(1) |
| Violent disorder | s.2 Public Order Act 1986 | POA 1986 s.2 |
| Wasting Police Time | s.5 Criminal Law Act 1967 | CLA 1967 s.5 |
| Offence of having article with blade or point in a public place | s.139 Criminal Justice Act 1988 | CJA 1988 s.139 |
| Offence of threatening with article with blade or point or offensive weapon | s.139AA Criminal Justice Act 1988 | CJA 1988 s.139AA |
| Possess an Offensive Weapon in a public place | s.1(1) Prevention of Crime Act 1953 | PCA 1953 s.1(1) |
| Possession of a prohibited offensive weapons in private | s.141(1A) Criminal Justice Act 1988 | CJA 1988 s.141(1A) |
| Threaten a person with an offensive weapon in a public place | s.1A Prevention of Crime Act 1953 | PCA 1953 s.1A |
| Improper use of public electronic communications network - annoyance, inconvenience or anxiety | s.127(2)(a) Communications Act 2003 | CA 2003 s.127(2)(a) |
| Improper use of public electronic communications network - persistance | s.127(2)(c) Communications Act 2003 | CA 2003 s.127(2)(c) |
| Offence of sending letters etc. with intent to cause distress or anxiety | s.1 Malicious Communications Act 1988 | MCA 1988 s.1 |
| Send a letter, communication or article conveying false information | s.1 Malicious Communications Act 1988 | MCA 1988 s.1 |