SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME AND POLICE ACT 2005http://www.uk-serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005.co.uk/s-3SERIOUS ORGANISED CRIME AND POLICE ACT 2005- is an Act aimed primarily at creating of new organization to fight major crime - Serious Organised Crime Agency. It was introduced into the House of Commons on 24 November 2004 and was passed by Parliament and given Royal Assent in April 2005. The Act introduced changes to the powers of arrest utilised by both the police and public. The term arrestable offence ceased to have effect as, bar a few preserved exemptions, one power of arrest now applies to all offences. Where the threshold of an arrestable offence was previously used to enable specific powers of search or powers to delay certain entitlements, these powers are preserved, but the threshold is changed to that of an indictable offence.http://www.uk-serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005.co.uk/s-3continue...