The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2003

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Disclosure of Information) Order 2003 and shall come into force on 24th February 2003 or, if this Order has not been made by 23rd February 2003, on the day after the day on which it is made.

Disclosure of information to Director

2.  For the purposes of section 436 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, the persons listed in column 1 of the Schedule to this Order are designated as permitted persons in respect of the functions specified in relation to those persons in column 2 of the Schedule to this Order, being functions which the Secretary of State believes are of a public nature.

Disclosure of information by Director

3.  The following functions are designated for the purposes of section 438 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, being functions which the Secretary of State thinks are of a public nature—

(a)protecting public health;

(b)the functions of the Financial Services Authority under the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(1).

Filkin

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State

Home Office

20th February 2003