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SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 19U.K.Proceeds of crime: investigations

Valid from 01/06/2015

Part 1 U.K.Civil recovery investigations

Meaning of “civil recovery investigation”U.K.

2U.K.In section 341 (investigations), for subsections (2) and (3) substitute—

(2)For the purposes of this Part a civil recovery investigation is an investigation for the purpose of identifying recoverable property or associated property and includes investigation into—

(a)whether property is or has been recoverable property or associated property,

(b)who holds or has held property,

(c)what property a person holds or has held, or

(d)the nature, extent or whereabouts of property.

(3)But an investigation is not a civil recovery investigation to the extent that it relates to—

(a)property in respect of which proceedings for a recovery order have been started,

(b)property to which an interim receiving order applies,

(c)property to which an interim administration order applies, or

(d)property detained under section 295.

3U.K.After that section insert—

341AOrders and warrants sought for civil recovery investigations

Where an application under this Part for an order or warrant specifies property that is subject to a civil recovery investigation, references in this Part to the investigation for the purposes of which the order or warrant is sought include investigation into—

(a)whether a person who appears to hold or to have held the specified property holds or has held other property,

(b)whether the other property is or has been recoverable property or associated property, and

(c)the nature, extent or whereabouts of the other property.