Section 57 replaces section 8 of the SCA 2007 (which provides a list of applicants who can apply for an SCPO and ISCPO) to extend the list of parties who may apply to the High Court in England and Wales for an interim or full SCPO.
	Subsection (2) inserts new subsections (1) to (4) into section 8 of the SCA 2007. New section 8(1) provides the following additional applicants the power to apply directly to the High Court in England and Wales for an SCPO only if they have consulted the Director of Public Prosecutions:
the Director General of the National Crime Agency;
the Commissioners of His Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;
a chief officer of police;
the Chief Constable of the British Transport Police; or
the Chief Constable of the Ministry of Defence Police.
	New section 8(2) and (3) maintains the current list of bodies that can apply for a SCPO to the relevant courts in Scotland and to the Crown Court in England and Wales.
	New section 8(4) restates the current list of bodies that can apply for an SCPO to a court in Northern Ireland.
	Subsection 57(3) amends section 10(4) of the SCA 2007, which provides the definition of "the relevant applicant authority", to include any other person set out in section 8(1) who applied for an order.
	Subsection 57(4) amends section 27 (power to wind up companies: England and Wales) of the SCA 2007 by substituting a new Section 1A to extend the power to those persons mentioned in section 8(1)(a)(iii) to (vii) to submit a petition to the court for the winding up of a body (company, partnership, or relevant body). A petition can only be submitted if the body has been convicted of an offence by failing to comply with an SCPO as set out in section 25 of the SCA 2007 and the applicant considers it would be in the public interest for the company to be wound up. For example, the Director General of the NCA could submit an application to the court to wind up a company if the Director General considered it to be in the public interest.
	Subsection 57(5) amends Schedule 2 to the SCA 2007, which provides for the functions of the applicant authorities that can make applications for orders. The amendments confer the relevant functions on the Director General of the NCA, Commissioners of HMRC and the chief constables of BTP and MDP. These functions include applying for SCPOs, or the variation or discharge of an order; appearing on applications by others for the variation or discharge of an order; having the conduct of or appearing in any other proceedings about an SCPO; providing advice about any proceedings or possible proceedings in connection with an SCPO; or anything for the purposes of, or in connection with, these functions. Special provision has to be made because functions in relation to SCPOs fall outside the usual functions of the persons concerned.
	New paragraphs 15BB and 15BD of Schedule 2 to the SCA 2007 enable the chief constables of BTP and MDP to delegate the exercise of the specified functions to an officer of at least the rank of superintendent.
Part 3: Prevention of Serious Crime Serious crime prevention orders Section 57: Applicants for making of orders and interim orders.