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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60)

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14(1)The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended as follows.

(2)In section 56 (right to have someone informed when arrested) for subsection (5A) substitute—

(5A)An officer may also authorise delay where he has reasonable grounds for believing that—

(a)the person detained for the serious arrestable offence has benefited from his criminal conduct, and

(b)the recovery of the value of the property constituting the benefit will be hindered by telling the named person of the arrest.

(5B)For the purposes of subsection (5A) above the question whether a person has benefited from his criminal conduct is to be decided in accordance with Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

(3)In section 58 (access to legal advice) for subsection (8A) substitute—

(8A)An officer may also authorise delay where he has reasonable grounds for believing that—

(a)the person detained for the serious arrestable offence has benefited from his criminal conduct, and

(b)the recovery of the value of the property constituting the benefit will be hindered by the exercise of the right conferred by subsection (1) above.

(8B)For the purposes of subsection (8A) above the question whether a person has benefited from his criminal conduct is to be decided in accordance with Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.

(4)In section 116 (meaning of serious arrestable offence) in subsection (2) for paragraph (c) and the word “and” immediately preceding it substitute—

(c)any offence which is specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule 2 to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (drug trafficking offences),

(d)any offence under section 327, 328 or 329 of that Act (certain money laundering offences).

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