Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024

Amendment of Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012

19. The Criminal Justice (Withholding of Information on Offences against Children and Vulnerable Persons) Act 2012 is amended—

(a) in Schedule 1, in paragraph 18, by—

(i) the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (aa):

“(ab) section 3B (assault causing harm aggravated by hatred),”,

(ii) the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (ba):

“(bb) section 4B (causing serious harm aggravated by hatred),”,

(iii) the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (c):

“(ca) section 5A (threats to kill or cause serious harm aggravated by hatred),”,

and

(iv) the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (d):

“(da) section 13A (endangerment aggravated by hatred),”,

and

(b) in Schedule 2, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 11:

“11. An offence under any of the following provisions of the Non-Fatal Offences against the Person Act 1997

(a) section 3 (assault causing harm),

(b) section 3A (non-fatal strangulation or non-fatal suffocation),

(c) section 3B (assault causing harm aggravated by hatred).”.