Offences made under the Criminal Justice Act 2003

9 statutory instruments made under this Act create 79 criminal offences between them.

These are offences created by secondary legislation made under the Act — not the offences in the Act itself. An Act that creates a power to make regulations, and regulations that then create offences, is the ordinary route by which most of the criminal law is made, and it is the route this report follows.

Instruments made under it

• The Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.) (Amendment) Regulations 2007 2007 · 27 offences
• The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2010 2010 · 21 offences
• The Conservation of Habitats and Species Regulations 2017 2017 · 18 offences
• The Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 2004 · 4 offences
• The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No.14 and Transitional Provision) Order 2006 2006 · 3 offences
• The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Commencement No. 33) and Sentencing Act 2020 (Commencement No. 2) Regulations 2022 2022 · 2 offences
• The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Categories of Offences) Order 2004 2004 · 2 offences
• The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Suitability for Fixed Term Recall) Order 2025 (revoked) 2025 · 1 offence
• The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Conditional Cautions: Financial Penalties) Order 2009 2009 · 1 offence