4(1)In Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2605), article 57 (meaning of customer information) is amended as follows.U.K.
(2)In paragraph (1), after “accounts” insert “ or any safe deposit box ”.
(3)In paragraph (2)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after “numbers” insert “ or the number of any safe deposit box ”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (e), at the beginning insert “ in the case of an account or accounts, ”;
(c)after that sub-paragraph insert—
“(ea)in the case of any safe deposit box, the date on which the box was made available to them and if the box has ceased to be available to them the date on which it so ceased,”.
(4)In paragraph (3)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after “numbers” insert “ or the number of any safe deposit box ”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (h), at the beginning insert “ in the case of an account or accounts, ”;
(c)after that sub-paragraph insert—
“(ha)in the case of any safe deposit box, the date on which the box was made available to it and if the box has ceased to be available to it the date on which it so ceased,”.
(5)After paragraph (4) insert—
“(5)A “safe deposit box” includes any procedure under which a financial institution provides a facility to hold items for safe keeping on behalf of another person.”
(6)The amendments made by this paragraph apply in relation to requests received by the Secretary of State after the coming into force of this paragraph.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 3 para. 4 in force at 31.12.2020 by S.I. 2020/1662, reg. 2(dd)