Criminal Finances Act 2017

37 (1) Section 333D (tipping off: other permitted disclosures) is amended as follows. U.K.

(2) In subsection (1)—

(a) omit “or” at the end of paragraph (a);

(b) after that paragraph insert—

“(aa) for the purposes of proceedings under section 336A (power of court to extend moratorium period);

(ab) made in good faith by virtue of section 339ZB (disclosures within the regulated sector); or”.

(3) After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A) Where an application is made to extend a moratorium period under section 336A, a person does not commit an offence under section 333A if—

(a) the disclosure is made to a customer or client of the person,

(b) the customer or client appears to the person making the disclosure to have an interest in the relevant property, and

(c) the disclosure contains only such information as is necessary for the purposes of notifying the customer or client that the application under section 336A has been made.

“Moratorium period” and “relevant property” have the meanings given in section 336D.”

Commencement Information

I1 Sch. 5 para. 37 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 58

I2 Sch. 5 para. 37 in force at 31.10.2017 for specified purposes by S.I. 2017/991, reg. 2(r) (with reg. 1(4))

I3 Sch. 5 para. 37 in force at 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2021/724, reg. 4(h)