The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) (England and Wales) Order 2015
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | SI 2015/730 |
| Year | 2015 |
2015No. 730
PROCEEDS OF CRIME, ENGLAND AND WALES
The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) (England and Wales) Order 2015
12thMarch2015
1stJune2015
This Order is made in exercise of the powers conferred by sections 47S(4) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002( 1) ("the Act").
The Secretary of State:
(1) is required, in accordance with section 47S(1) of the Act, to make a code of practice in connection with-
(a) the carrying out by appropriate officers of the functions conferred by virtue of sections 47C to 47H of the Act( 2),(b) the carrying out by senior officers of their functions under section 47G of the Act, and(c) the detention of property under or by virtue of sections 41A( 3), 44A( 4) and 47J to 47P( 5) of the Act ("the code of practice");(2) has, in accordance with section 47S(2) of the Act, published a draft of the code of practice and considered any representations made about the draft and, as she thought appropriate, modified the draft accordingly; and
(3) has, in accordance with section 47S(3) of the Act, laid a draft of the code of practice before Parliament.
In accordance with section 459(6)(a) of the Act, a draft of this instrument has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
Accordingly, the Secretary of State makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Search, Seizure and Detention of Property: Code of Practice) (England and Wales) Order 2015 and comes into force on 1st June 2015.
Code of Practice
2. The code of practice entitled "Code of Practice issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 Search, Seizure and Detention of Property (England and Wales)" laid in draft before Parliament on 17th December 2014 comes into operation on 1st June 2015.
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Karen Bradley Parliamentary Under Secretary of State Home Office |
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12th March 2015 |
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into operation on 1st June 2015 the code of practice made pursuant to section 47S of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 ("the Act") in connection with the carrying out by appropriate officers in England and Wales of the functions conferred by virtue of sections 47C to 47H of the Act, the carrying out by senior officers of their functions under section 47G of the Act and the detention of property under or by virtue of sections 41A, 44A and 47J to 47P of the Act.
These provisions are in Part 2 of the...
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