The Police and Criminal Evidence (Application to Revenue and Customs) Order (Northern Ireland) 2007

Interpretation

2.—(1) In this Order—

“the 1989 Order” means the Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989;

“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

“the customs and excise Acts” has the meaning given to it by section 1 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979(1);

“former Inland Revenue matter” means a matter specified in section 54(4) (b) or (f) of, or in paragraphs 3, 7, 10, 13 to 15, 19 or 24 to 29 of Schedule 1 to, the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005(2).

“office of Revenue and Customs” means premises wholly or partly occupied by Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;

“relevant indictable offence” means an indictable offence which relates to a matter in relation to which Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have functions apart from a former Inland Revenue matter.

“relevant investigation” means a criminal investigation conducted by officers of Revenue and Customs which relates to a matter in relation to which Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs have functions apart from a former Inland Revenue matter.

(2) A person is in Revenue and Customs detention for the purpose of this Order if—

(a) he has been taken to an office of Revenue and Customs after being arrested for an offence; or

(b) he is arrested at an office of Revenue and Customs after attending voluntarily at the office or accompanying an officer of Revenue and Customs to it,

and is detained there or detained elsewhere in the charge of an officer of Revenue and Customs, and nothing shall prevent a detained person from being transferred between Revenue and Customs detention and police detention.

(1)

1979 c.2.

(2)

2005 c.11. Former Inland Revenue matters are listed in Schedule 1 to the 2005 Act. Paragraph 26 of Schedule 1 was amended by section 11 of, and paragraph 61 of Schedule 1 to, the Work and Families Act 2006(c.18).