The Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2011

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to financial investigators) Order 2009 U.K.

81.—(1) The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) Order 2009 M1  is amended as follows.

(2) In article 1(2)—

(a) insert after the definition of “ Police Service of Northern Ireland ”

“the Post Office” means the company Post Office Limited (registered number 2154540);”

(b)

in the definition of “the Royal Mail” for “Royal Mail Group Plc (registered number 4138203)” substitute  “ Royal Mail Group Limited (registered number 4138203); ”.

(3) In Schedule 1—

(a) insert “ the Post Office ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in relation to England and Wales in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for :

(i) Section 42(2)(c) (application for restraint order under Part 2);

(ii) Section 45(3) (seizure of property to which restraint order applies under Part 2);

(iii) Section 68 (3)(c) (authorisation for application for restraint order under Part 2);

(iv) Section 303A(1) (recovery of cash in summary proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 5);

(v) Section 352(7) (appropriate persons for the purpose of search and seizure warrants in confiscation, money laundering, civil recovery or detained cash investigation under Part 8);

(vi) Section 353(11) (appropriate person for purposes where production order is not available for the purpose of a confiscation, money laundering, civil recovery or detained cash investigation under Part 8);

(b) insert “ the Post Office ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in relation to Northern Ireland in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for Section 191(2)(c) (application for restraint order under Part 4);

(c) insert “ the Post Office ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in each case in relation to England and Wales and in relation to Northern Ireland in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for:

(i) Section 378(1)(b) (appropriate officers for the purposes of confiscation investigations under Part 8);

(ii) Section 378(4)(a) (appropriate officers for the purposes of money laundering investigations);

(d) insert “ the Post Office and is not below the grade of broadband 3 ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in relation to England and Wales in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for—

(i) Section 68(3)(c) (authorisation for application for restraint order under Part 2);

(ii) Section 290(4)(c) (prior approval for search of cash under Chapter 3 of Part 5);

(e) insert “ the Post Office and is not below the grade of broadband 3 ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in relation to Northern Ireland in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for Section 216(3)(c) (authorisation for application for restraint order under Part 4);

(f) insert “ the Post Office and is not below the grade of broadband 3 ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in each case in relation to England and Wales and in relation to Northern Ireland in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for:

(i) Section 378(2)(d) (senior appropriate officers for the purposes of confiscation investigations);

(ii) Section 378(6)(c) (senior appropriate officers for the purposes of money laundering investigations).

Marginal Citations

M1 S.I. 2009/975. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2009/2707.