Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

Part 8 Investigations

Chapter 2 England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Judges and courts

343 Judges

(1) In this Chapter references to a judge in relation to an application must be construed in accordance with this section.

(2) In relation to an application for the purposes of a confiscation investigation or a money laundering investigation a judge is—

(a) in England and Wales, a judge entitled to exercise the jurisdiction of the Crown Court;

(b) in Northern Ireland, a Crown Court judge.

(3) In relation to an application for the purposes of a civil recovery investigation a judge is a judge of the High Court.