The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 16 and Savings) Order 2017

Citation, interpretation and extent

1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Commencement No. 16 and Savings) Order 2017.

(2) In this Order—

“the 2002 Act” means the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(1);

“the 2013 Act” means the Crime and Courts Act 2013; and

“civil recovery investigation” means an investigation within the meaning of section 341(2) and (3) of the 2002 Act (investigations)(2).

Provisions coming into force on 1st February 2017

2.  Paragraphs 1 to 13, 24 to 27, 29 and 30 of Schedule 19 to the 2013 Act(3), and section 49 of that Act insofar as it relates to those paragraphs, come into force in relation to Northern Ireland on 1st February 2017, so far as not already in force.

Savings

3.—(1) The commencement by article 2 of section 49 of, and paragraphs 2 to 13 of Schedule 19 to, the 2013 Act has no effect in relation to—

(a) any application for an order under Part 8 of the 2002 Act (investigations) relating to a civil recovery investigation made before 1st February 2017;

(b) any order made under Part 8 of the 2002 Act in relation to a civil recovery investigation—

(i) which is in existence on the coming into force of this Order; or

(ii) as the result of an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (a);

(c) any application for a search and seizure warrant under section 352 of the 2002 Act in relation to a civil recovery investigation made before 1st February 2017;

(d) any search and seizure warrant issued under section 352 of the 2002 Act in relation to a civil recovery investigation—

(i) which is in existence on the coming into force of this Order; or

(ii) as the result of an application mentioned in sub-paragraph (c);

(e) any power of seizure under a search and seizure warrant mentioned in sub-paragraph (d); and

(f) any proceedings arising in relation to—

(i) an application mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) or (c);

(ii) an order mentioned in sub-paragraph (b);

(iii) a search and seizure warrant mentioned in sub-paragraph (d); or

(iv) a power of seizure mentioned in sub-paragraph (e).

(2) The proceedings mentioned in paragraph (1)(f) are not to be regarded as concluded until there is no further possibility of any appeal in relation to those proceedings.

Ben Wallace

Minister of State

Home Office

9th January 2017