The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Recovery of Listed Assets: Code of Practice) (England and Wales and Scotland) Regulations 2018

made a code of practice under section 303G(1) of the Act (“the code of practice”);

in accordance with section 303G(2) of the Act, published a draft of the code of practice, considered any representations made about the draft by the Scottish Ministers, the Department of Justice or any other person, and modified the code of practice, as thought appropriate, in the light of any such representations;

in accordance with section 303G(3) of the Act, consulted with the Attorney General about the draft code of practice in its application to the exercise of powers by SFO officers and the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, and

in accordance with section 303G(4) of the Act, laid a draft of the code of practice before Parliament.