Criminal Finances Act 2017

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47(1)Section 352 (search and seizure warrants) is amended as follows.U.K.

(2)In subsection (2)(b), for “or a detained cash investigation” substitute “ , a detained cash investigation, a detained property investigation or a frozen funds investigation ”.

(3)In subsection (5)—

(a)at the beginning of paragraph (b) insert “ a Financial Conduct Authority officer, ”;

(b)in that paragraph, after “National Crime Agency officer” insert “ , an officer of Revenue and Customs ”;

(c)in paragraph (c), after “constable,” insert “ an SFO officer, ”;

(d)after paragraph (c) insert—

(ca)a constable, an SFO officer, an accredited financial investigator or an officer of Revenue and Customs, if the warrant is sought for the purposes of a detained property investigation;

(cb)a constable, an SFO officer, an accredited financial investigator or an officer of Revenue and Customs, if the warrant is sought for the purposes of a frozen funds investigation;.

(4)In subsection (7), for “paragraph (c)” substitute “ paragraphs (c), (ca) and (cb) ”.

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 5 para. 47 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 58