Citation, commencement and interpretationI11

1

This Order may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) Order 2009 and shall come into force on 12th May 2009.

2

In this Order—

  • “immigration officer” means a person appointed under paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Immigration Act 19712;

  • “local authority” means—

    1. a

      In England—

      1. i

        a county council,

      2. ii

        a district council,

      3. iii

        a London borough council,

      4. iv

        the Common Council of the City of London in its capacity as a local authority, and

      5. v

        the Council of the Isles of Scilly; and

    2. b

      In Wales, a county council or a county borough council;

    and a member of staff of a local authority holds an appropriate office if he has been trained and accredited as a financial investigator by the Assets Recovery Agency3 or the National Policing Improvement Agency4;

  • “police force” has the meaning given to it in section 101 of the Police Act 19965 by virtue of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 19786 as amended by Schedule 7 to the Police Act 1996;

  • “Police Service of Northern Ireland” has the meaning given to it in the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 20007 by virtue of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 as amended by section 78 of and Schedule 6 to the Police (Northern Ireland) Act 2000;

  • “relevant training” means a course of training provided or approved by the National Policing Improvement Agency on the operation of the following sections in the Act—

    1. i

      section 45,

    2. ii

      section 194,

    3. iii

      section 289,

    4. iv

      section 290,

    5. v

      section 294,

    6. vi

      section 295,

    7. vii

      section 297,

    8. viii

      section 298,

    9. ix

      section 352, and

    10. x

      section 353;

  • “the Royal Mail” means the company Royal Mail Group Plc (registered number 4138203);

  • and “SOCA” means the Serious Organised Crime Agency established under section 1 of and Schedule 1 to the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 20058.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I1

Art. 1 in force at 12.5.2009, see art. 1(1)

Reference to an accredited financial investigatorI22

A reference to an accredited financial investigator in the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 which is specified in column 1 of Schedule 1 to this Order is a reference to an accredited financial investigator who falls within the description specified in relation to that reference in column 2 of Schedule 1 to this Order.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I2

Art. 2 in force at 12.5.2009, see art. 1(1)

RevocationI33

The Orders specified in Schedule 2 to this Order are revoked to the extent there specified.

Annotations:
Commencement Information
I3

Art. 3 in force at 12.5.2009, see art. 1(1)

Alan CampbellParliamentary Under Secretary of StateHome Office