Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

[F1 195S Codes of practice[F2 : Secretary of State] N.I.

(1) The Secretary of State must make a code of practice in connection with—

(a) the carrying out by [F3 officers of Revenue and Customs] of the functions conferred by section 195C to 195H,

(b) the carrying out by senior officers of their functions under section 195G, and

(c) the detention of property [F4 by officers of Revenue and Customs and [F5 NCA officers]] under or by virtue of sections 190A, 193A and 195J to 195P.

[F6 (1A) In subsection (1) senior officers means officers of Revenue and Customs of a rank designated by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs as equivalent to that of a police officer of at least the rank of inspector.]

(2) Where the Secretary of State proposes to issue a code of practice the Secretary of State must—

(a) publish a draft,

(b) consider any representations made about the draft,

(c) if the Secretary of State thinks appropriate, modify the draft in the light of any such representations.

(3) The Secretary of State must lay a draft of the code before Parliament.

(4) When the Secretary of State has laid a draft of the code before Parliament the Secretary of State may bring it into operation by order.

(5) The Secretary of State may revise the whole or any part of the code and issue the code as revised; and subsections (2) to (4) apply to such a revised code as they apply to the original code.

(6) A failure by a person to comply with a provision of the code does not of itself make the person liable to criminal or civil proceedings.

(7) The code is admissible in evidence in criminal or civil proceedings and is to be taken into account by a court or tribunal in any case in which it appears to the court or tribunal to be relevant.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 195A-195T and cross-headings inserted (22.11.2014 for the insertion of ss. 195S(1)-(5), 195T(1)-(7) for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 57(2), 116(1) (as amended by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2595), arts. 1(2), 18(2)(m) (with arts. 24-28); S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3; S.I. 2016/147, art. 3(b))

F2 Words in s. 195S title inserted by 2009 c. 26, s. 57(2) (as amended (22.11.2014 for specified purposes in accordance with S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2595), arts. 1(2), 18(2)(i) (with arts. 24-28))

F3 Words in s. 195S(1)(a) substituted by 2009 c. 26, s. 57(2) (as amended (22.11.2014 for specified purposes in accordance with S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2595), arts. 1(2), 18(2)(j) (with arts. 24-28))

F4 Words in s. 195S(1)(c) inserted by 2009 c. 26, s. 57(2) (as amended (22.11.2014 for specified purposes in accordance with S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2595), arts. 1(2), 18(2)(k) (with arts. 24-28))

F5 Words in s. 195S(1)(c) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 118; S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)

F6 S. 195S(1A) inserted by 2009 c. 26, s. 57(2) (as amended (22.11.2014 for specified purposes in accordance with S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2595), arts. 1(2), 18(2)(l) (with arts. 24-28))