(1)In relation to a confiscation investigation these are appropriate officers—
(a)the Director;
(b)an accredited financial investigator;
(c)a constable;
(d)a customs officer.
(2)In relation to a confiscation investigation these are senior appropriate officers—
(a)the Director;
(b)a police officer who is not below the rank of superintendent;
(c)a customs officer who is not below such grade as is designated by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise as equivalent to that rank;
(d)an accredited financial investigator who falls within a description specified in an order made for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State under section 453.
(3)In relation to a civil recovery investigation the Director (and only the Director) is—
(a)an appropriate officer;
(b)a senior appropriate officer.
(4)In relation to a money laundering investigation these are appropriate officers—
(a)an accredited financial investigator;
(b)a constable;
(c)a customs officer.
(5)For the purposes of section 342, in relation to a money laundering investigation a person authorised for the purposes of money laundering investigations by the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service is also an appropriate officer.
(6)In relation to a money laundering investigation these are senior appropriate officers—
(a)a police officer who is not below the rank of superintendent;
(b)a customs officer who is not below such grade as is designated by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise as equivalent to that rank;
(c)an accredited financial investigator who falls within a description specified in an order made for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State under section 453.
(7)But a person is not an appropriate officer or a senior appropriate officer in relation to a money laundering investigation if he is—
(a)a member of the staff of the Agency, or
(b)a person providing services under arrangements made by the Director.