Current UK Hate Crime Legislation
Kusminder Chahal · Policy Press eBooks · 2016
What follows are extracts from the College of Policing's (2014) Hate crime operational guidance, reproduced with permission from the College of Policing Ltd.Section numbers are as they appear in the guidance. LegislationLegislation has provided three specific options to assist in combating hate crime.These are:• racially or religiously aggravated offences • specific offences that will always be classified as a hate crime • enhanced sentencing legislation for any offence.Note: where a piece of legislation in this section is not applicable to Northern Ireland this is stated.In addition, see 2.3.5The Criminal Justice (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 for legislation which applies in Northern Ireland only.