SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 19Proceeds of crime: investigations

Part 2Evidence overseas

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1

Section 378 (officers) is amended as follows.

2

After subsection (3A) insert—

3AA

In relation to a detained cash investigation these are senior appropriate officers—

a

a police officer who is not below the rank of superintendent;

b

an accredited financial investigator who falls within a description specified in an order made for the purposes of this paragraph by the Secretary of State under section 453;

c

an officer of Revenue and Customs who is not below such grade as is designated by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs as equivalent to that rank.

3

In subsection (6A)—

a

after “investigation” insert

a

b

at the end insert—

b

a senior member of SOCA's staff is a senior appropriate officer.