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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigative Powers of Prosecutors: Code of Practice) (England and Wales) Order 2015 No. 612
3. The revised code of practice referred to in article 2 applies to the exercise on and after 1st June 2015 of any function by—
(a)the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office of functions under Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the Act; and
(b)any other person, who is the relevant authority by virtue of section 357(9) of the Act in relation to a confiscation investigation, of functions the person has under Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the Act in relation to England and Wales as the relevant authority,
notwithstanding that the exercise of the function may have begun before that date.
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