MOJ circular: Child abduction and pornography offences
What was announced
This circular gives details of a number of offences introduced by the Crime and Policing Act 2026.
Key points, in the publisher's words
- The purpose of this circular is to notify recipients of the commencement of sections, 104, 105, 107 and 137 of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 which are now in force. Namely offences related to:
Who and where
UK bodies of power
- Ministry of Justice (UK government department) · more news
Where this sits in the 10 levels of power
Topics, as GOV.UK files them: Victims of crime, Violence against women and girls.
Receipt
- Original: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/moj-circular-child-abduction-and-pornography-offences
- Published 2026-11-06 09:00:00 UTC
- Read by this site 2026-11-06 09:00:43 UTC from GOV.UK
- Saved copy: receipt 9137, with its SHA-256 fingerprint
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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