The Act establishes core criminal law principles, including definitions, jurisdictional rules, the age of criminal responsibility, provisions relating to intent, and the exercise of powers such as arrest. It also codifies inchoate offences, including attempts, conspiracy, incitement, and the assisting or encouraging of criminal conduct, while abolishing certain common law offences and replacing them with statutory provisions. The Act creates and regulates a broad range of substantive criminal offences. These include public order offences, harassment and stalking, offences against the person, sexual offences, offences involving children and vulnerable persons, child exploitation, trafficking, theft, fraud, forgery, perjury, bribery, computer misuse, cybercrime, harmful publications, public nuisance, security-related offences, and offences connected with offensive weapons and explosives. The legislation sets out the constituent elements of offences, available defences, investigative powers, and applicable penalties. The Act further establishes mechanisms for the management and monitoring of sexual offenders through notification requirements and preventive orders, including sexual offences prevention orders and foreign travel orders. It contains detailed sentencing provisions, including aggravating factors associated with hostility based on characteristics such as race, religion, disability, sexual orientation, age, or transgender identity.
Gibraltar (UK) · 2011-08-15