Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

Part 8 U.K. Investigations

Chapter 2 E+W+N.I. England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Interpretation E+W+N.I.

378 Officers E+W+N.I.

(1) In relation to a confiscation investigation these are appropriate officers—

(a) the Director;

(b) an accredited financial investigator;

(c) a constable;

(d) a customs officer.

(2) In relation to a confiscation investigation these are senior appropriate officers—

(a) the Director;

(b) a police officer who is not below the rank of superintendent;

(c) a customs officer who is not below such grade as is designated by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise as equivalent to that rank;

(d) an accredited financial investigator who falls within a description specified in an order made for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State under section 453.

(3) In relation to a civil recovery investigation the Director (and only the Director) is—

(a) an appropriate officer;

(b) a senior appropriate officer.

(4) In relation to a money laundering investigation these are appropriate officers—

(a) an accredited financial investigator;

(b) a constable;

(c) a customs officer.

(5) For the purposes of section 342, in relation to a money laundering investigation a person authorised for the purposes of money laundering investigations by the Director General of the National Criminal Intelligence Service is also an appropriate officer.

(6) In relation to a money laundering investigation these are senior appropriate officers—

(a) a police officer who is not below the rank of superintendent;

(b) a customs officer who is not below such grade as is designated by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise as equivalent to that rank;

(c) an accredited financial investigator who falls within a description specified in an order made for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State under section 453.

(7) But a person is not an appropriate officer or a senior appropriate officer in relation to a money laundering investigation if he is—

(a) a member of the staff of the Agency, or

(b) a person providing services under arrangements made by the Director.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 378 in force at 24.2.2003 by S.I. 2003/120, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (20.2.2003) by S.I. 2003/333, art. 14)