11 January 2007
Fraud Act 2006 (Commencement) Order 2006 (SI 2006/3200):
Brings the Fraud Act 2006 (FrA 2006) into force on 15 January 2007. FrA 2006 creates a general offence of fraud which can be committed in three different ways, by:
(i) false representation;
(ii) by failing to disclose information; and
(iii) by abuse of position.
It also creates new offences of obtaining services dishonestly and of possessing, making and supplying articles for use in frauds. It contains a new offence of fraudulent trading applicable to non-corporate traders (equivalent to s 458 of the Companies Act 1985). FrA 2006 repeals the deception offences in ss 15, 15A, 16, and 20(2) of the Theft Act 1968, and ss 1 and 2 of the Theft Act 1978. See Home Office Circular 42/2006.
