The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Amendment of Schedule 4) (Scotland) Order 2014

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Amendment of Schedule 4) (Scotland) Order 2014 and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

Application

2.  This Order applies only to offences committed on or after the day on which it comes into force.

Amendment of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

3.  In Schedule 4 to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (lifestyle offences: Scotland)(1), after paragraph 9A insert—

Consumer credit

9AA.  An offence under section 23(1) of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000(2) (contravention of the general prohibition) if it concerns the carrying on, or purported carrying on, of a credit-related regulated activity (as defined by section 23(1B) of that Act(3)).

KENNY MACASKILL

A member of the Scottish Government

St Andrew’s House,

Edinburgh

26th June 2014