Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)
47(1)Section 352 (search and seizure warrants) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2)(b), for “or a detained cash investigation” substitute “, a detained cash investigation, a detained property investigation or a frozen funds investigation”.
(3)In subsection (5)—
(a)at the beginning of paragraph (b) insert “a Financial Conduct Authority officer,”;
(b)in that paragraph, after “National Crime Agency officer” insert “, an officer of Revenue and Customs”;
(c)in paragraph (c), after “constable,” insert “an SFO officer,”;
(d)after paragraph (c) insert—
“(ca)a constable, an SFO officer, an accredited financial investigator or an officer of Revenue and Customs, if the warrant is sought for the purposes of a detained property investigation;
(cb)a constable, an SFO officer, an accredited financial investigator or an officer of Revenue and Customs, if the warrant is sought for the purposes of a frozen funds investigation;”.
(4)In subsection (7), for “paragraph (c)” substitute “paragraphs (c), (ca) and (cb)”.