Crime and Courts Act 2013

27 (1) Section 378 (officers) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) After subsection (3A) insert—

“(3AA) In relation to a detained cash investigation these are senior appropriate officers—

(a) a police officer who is not below the rank of superintendent;

(b) 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;

(c) an officer of Revenue and Customs who is not below such grade as is designated by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs as equivalent to that rank.”

(3) In subsection (6A)—

(a) after “investigation” insert “—

(a)” , and

(b) at the end insert—

“(b) a senior member of SOCA's staff is a senior appropriate officer.”

Extent Information

E1 Sch. 19 paras. 25-27 extended (N.I.) (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 7(b)

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 19 para. 27 in force at 1.6.2015 for E.W.S. by S.I. 2015/964, art. 2(e)

I2 Sch. 19 para. 27 in force at 1.2.2017 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2017/4, art. 2