The Crime & Policing Act 2026 - 12 Issues Explored

Introduction

This virtual classroom seminar will bring you completely up to date with those parts of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 in force. Various parts were brought into force when the Act received Royal Assent on 29 April and the Commencement Section (Section 255) informs us that many other Sections are to be brought into force on 29 June. This is a major piece of legislation consisting, as it does, of 257 Sections and 27 Schedules.

This live session will give you the ‘distilled essence’ of the Act. It is very important therefore that anyone involved in advising on criminal matters is completely up to date with this piece of legislation.

What You Will Learn

This live and interactive course will cover the following 12 examples of issues:

• Retail crime and property - removes the £200 low-value shoplifting threshold by way of the repeal of Section 22A of the Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980
• Retail crime and property - the new stand-alone offence of assault against a retail worker
• Knife crime and crossbows - powers to enable the police to seize, retain and destroy knives held in private
• Knife crime and crossbows - increase in the maximum penalty from 6 months to 2 years for the offences of private possession etc. of offensive weapons and knives
• Knife crime and crossbows - a new offence for possession of a knife or offensive weapon in public or private with the intention to use in unlawful violence against another person
• Knife crime and crossbows - crossbows are age restricted items and cannot be sold to anyone under the age of 18. Age verification requirements for online sales
• Stalking - Stalking Protection Orders (STO) to be made on conviction or acquittal
• Stalking - courts to be able to make a Stalking Protection Order (STO) of their own volition
• Stalking - the Act amends previous legislation to make it clear that the standard of proof which applies to the making of a Stalking Protection Order (STO) is the civil standard
• Public order offences - a specific offence to climb on a specified memorial
• Public order offences - a new criminal offence which prohibits the possession of pyrotechnic articles for those taking part in a protest
• Public order offences - a new criminal offence which prohibits the wearing or otherwise using of an item that conceals identity when in an area designated by police under the new provisions

Recording of live sessions: Soon after the Learn Live session has taken place you will be able to go back and access the recording - should you wish to revisit the material discussed.