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title: "The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2026"
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# The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2026

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

2026 No. 1090 (C. 89)
CRIMINAL LAW
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2026
Made
15th October 2026
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the power conferred by section 255(1) of the Crime and Policing Act 2026.

## 1 Citation and interpretation {#regulation-1}

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Crime and Policing Act 2026 (Commencement No. 4) Regulations 2026.
(2) In these Regulations, “the Act” means the Crime and Policing Act 2026.

## 2 Provisions coming into force on 6th November 2026 {#regulation-2}

The following provisions of the Act come into force on 6th November 2026—
(a) section 104(1) to (3) (pornographic images of strangulation or suffocation: England and Wales and Northern Ireland), so far as it extends to England and Wales;
(b) section 104(4) and (5);
(c) section 106 (pornographic images of sex between relatives);
(d) section 107 (pornographic images of sexual activity with child under 16);
(e) section 137 (child abduction).

## 3 Provision coming into force on 16th November 2026 {#regulation-3}

Section 242 of the Act (provisions for pardons and criminal records of women prosecuted under abortion law) comes into force on 16th November 2026.