Part 8Investigations

Chapter 2England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Judges and courts

343 Judges

(1)

In this Chapter references to a judge in relation to an application must be construed in accordance with this section.

(2)

In relation to an application for the purposes of a confiscation investigation or a money laundering investigation a judge is—

(a)

in England and Wales, a judge entitled to exercise the jurisdiction of the Crown Court;

(b)

in Northern Ireland, a Crown Court judge.

(3)

In relation to an application for the purposes of a civil recovery investigation F1or an exploitation proceeds investigation F2or a detained cash investigation a judge is a judge of the High Court.