Schedule 17: Video sharing platform services: transitional provision etc Other powers to amend Act Section 222: Powers to amend Schedules 5, 6 and 7
This section gives the Secretary of State power to amend the three Schedules which list the criminal offences that are priority offences, as defined in section 59(7).
	The Secretary of State may amend the list of terrorism offences and the list of CSEA offences other than those CSEA offences which extend only to Scotland, which may be amended by the Scottish Ministers. The Secretary of State may also amend Schedule 7 (priority offences), but the Secretary of State may only add an offence to Schedule 7 if the Secretary of State considers it appropriate for the reasons set out in subsection (4) and if the amendment would not add an offence of a type listed in subsection (6). The Secretary of State must consult with Scottish Ministers before making changes to offences in Schedule 7 that only extend to Scotland, and with the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland before making changes to offences that only extend to Northern Ireland.