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Part 1 · Amendment of Protection from Scams Act 2025

8. Amendment of section 7

In the Protection from Scams Act, in section 7 —

(a)

after subsection (1), insert —“(1A) Any of the following persons may appeal to the Commissioner against any decision of a specified officer under this Act in relation to a service limitation order:

(a)

the identified person in relation to the order;

(b)

any other person who is a user of the scam‑enabling service specified in the order.

(1B)

Any user of any bank account, payment account, digital payment token account, telephone line account or online account directed to be disabled under an account disabling order may appeal to the Commissioner against any decision of a specified officer under this Act in relation to the account disabling order.”; and

(b)

in subsection (2)(c), delete “after the time of receipt of the notification relating to the decision appealed against”.

Part 2

Amendment of Miscellaneous Offences (Public Order and Nuisance) Act 1906

Part 3

Amendment of Online Criminal Harms Act 2023

Part 4

Amendment of Police Force Act 2004

Part 5

Related and Consequential Amendments

Part 6

Saving and Transitional Provisions