Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15)

Part 2 U.K.Investigations, prosecutions, proceedings and proceeds of crime

(1)The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29) is amended as follows.

(2)In section 364 (meaning of customer information) in subsection (5)—

(a)after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)constitutes an offence specified in section 415(1A) of this Act,”;

(b)in paragraph (b) after “paragraph (a)” insert “ or (aa) ”.

(3)In section 398 (meaning of customer information: Scotland) in subsection (5)—

(a)after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa)constitutes an offence specified in section 415(1A) of this Act,”;

(b)in paragraph (b) after “paragraph (a)” insert “ or (aa) ”.

(4)In section 415 (money laundering offences) after subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)Each of the following is a money laundering offence—

(a)an offence under section 93A, 93B or 93C of the Criminal Justice Act 1988;

(b)an offence under section 49, 50 or 51 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994;

(c)an offence under section 37 or 38 of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995;

(d)an offence under article 45, 46 or 47 of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996.”

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