Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

445 External investigations U.K.

(1) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make—

(a) provision to enable orders equivalent to those under Part 8 to be made, and warrants equivalent to those under Part 8 to be issued, for the purposes of an external investigation;

(b) provision creating offences in relation to external investigations which are equivalent to offences created by Part 8.

(2) An Order under this section may include—

(a) provision corresponding to any provision of Part 8 (subject to any specified modifications);

(b) provision about the functions of the Secretary of State, the Lord Advocate, the Scottish Ministers, [F1 the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland,] [F2 [F3 the National Crime Agency or its officers], the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland, the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions], the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, constables and customs officers;

(c) provision about evidence (including evidence required to establish whether an investigation is being carried out in a country or territory outside the United Kingdom).

(3) But an Order under this section must not provide for a disclosure order to be made for the purposes of an external investigation into whether a money laundering offence has been committed.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 445(2)(b) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 14 para. 71 (with arts. 28-31)

F2 Words in s. 445(2)(b) substituted (1.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 8 para. 139; S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a) (with arts. 3-14)

F3 Words in s. 445(2)(b) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 150; S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)

Commencement Information

I1 S. 445 in force at 24.3.2003 by S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.