Criminal Finances Act 2017

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

53 (1) Section 369 (customer information orders: supplementary) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (5) substitute—

“(5) An application to discharge or vary a customer information order need not be made by the same appropriate officer that applied for the order (but must be made by an appropriate officer of the same description).

(5A) If the application for the order was, by virtue of an order under section 453, made by an accredited financial investigator of a particular description, the reference in subsection (5) to an appropriate officer of the same description is to another accredited financial investigator of that description.”

(3) In subsection (7)—

(a) after “National Crime Agency officer,” insert “a Financial Conduct Authority officer,”;

(b) after “constable” insert “, an SFO officer”.