Criminal Finances Act 2017

8Disclosure orders: Scotland
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(1)Chapter 3 of Part 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (investigations: Scotland) is amended as follows.

(2)In section 391(disclosure orders)—

(a)in subsection (1) after “confiscation investigations” insert “or money laundering investigations”;

(b)in subsection (2) omit “or a money laundering investigation”;

(c)in subsection (3) after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa)a person specified in the application is subject to a money laundering investigation and the order is sought for the purposes of the investigation, or.

(3)In section 392 (requirements for making a disclosure order), in subsection (2) after paragraph (a) insert—

(aa)in the case of a money laundering investigation, the person specified in the application for the order has committed a money laundering offence;.

(4)In section 396 (supplementary)—

(a)in subsection (1) in paragraph (a) after “confiscation investigation” insert “or a money laundering investigation”;

(b)in subsection (3) in paragraph (a) after “confiscation investigation” insert “or a money laundering investigation”.