http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/195AProceeds of Crime Act 2002An Act to establish the Assets Recovery Agency and make provision about the appointment of its Director and his functions (including Revenue functions), to provide for confiscation orders in relation to persons who benefit from criminal conduct and for restraint orders to prohibit dealing with property, to allow the recovery of property which is or represents property obtained through unlawful conduct or which is intended to be used in unlawful conduct, to make provision about money laundering, to make provision about investigations relating to benefit from criminal conduct or to property which is or represents property obtained through unlawful conduct or to money laundering, to make provision to give effect to overseas requests and orders made where property is found or believed to be obtained through criminal conduct, and for connected purposes.2002-08-12texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-06Expert Participation2026-06-30
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 3BCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 71(4)(a)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 3BCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 71(4)(b)s. 255(1)s. 255(8)(f)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9B headingCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(a)(i)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9B(1)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(a)(ii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9B(2)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(a)(iii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 4 para. 9G headingCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(b)(i)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9G(1)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(b)(ii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9G(2)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(b)(iii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9B headingCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(c)(i)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9B(1)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(c)(ii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9B(2)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(c)(iii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 7(4)(za)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 6(3)(b)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 7(4)(e)-(h)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 6(3)(d)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 21(1A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 6(4)(b)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 24A-24CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 17(2)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 13ZA 13ZB and cross-headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 18(2)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A-35R and cross-headingsCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 19(3)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 67(5ZA)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 20(2)(b)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 67ZA(3A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 20(3)(b)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(2)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A(2)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(2)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A(4)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(2)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35J(4)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(2)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A(4)(c)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(3)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 155A and cross-headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 1(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 166(2A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 2(3)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 160(6A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 3s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 8(1A)(g)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 5(2)Sch. 22 para. 5(5)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 5(4)Sch. 22 para. 5(5)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 157(4)(za)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 6(3)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 157(4)(e)-(h)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 6(3)(d)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 171(1A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 6(4)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 159(1)(c) and wordCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 7(2)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 159ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 7(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 224(8)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 9(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 232(3)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 9(3)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 228(5)(6)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 10(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 228ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 10(4)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 228(3A)-(3C)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 11(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 163(3A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 12(2)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 163(5)-(7)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 12(2)(c)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 203(5)(5A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 12(7)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 165ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 13(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 156(7A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 14(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 165B 165CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 14(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 171ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 15(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 171(11A)(11B)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 15(3)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 172(7A)(7B)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 15(4)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 174A-174CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 16(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 163ZA 163ZB and cross-headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 17(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 185ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 17(4)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 185BCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 18s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 185CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 19s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 185DCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 20s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 215ZA(10)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 21(3)(d)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 215A(3A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 21(4)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 215AA(2A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 21(5)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 189(1)-(1B)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 22(2)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 190ZACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 23(3)Confers powers. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 190(3A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 24(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 190(10)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 24(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 190(7CA)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 25(2)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 191(7A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 25(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 191ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 26s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 196(1A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 27(2)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 196(3)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 27(2)(c)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 215E-215L and cross-headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 28(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 107ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 23 para. 2(2)s. 255(10)(f)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 131(6B)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 23 para. 2(3)s. 255(10)(f)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 13(5)(a)(iia)Modern Slavery Act 2015Sch. 5 para. 15(3)(d)s. 61(1)reg. 2(b)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9B and cross-headingBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025s. 54(2)(b)s. 65(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 4 para. 9G and cross-headingBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025s. 54(3)s. 65(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9B and cross-headingBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025s. 54(4)s. 65(1)
Part 4Confiscation: Northern Ireland<Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-9ebc3787d69dfa1784554a1d2bcd7e2f-1514656404999" CommentaryRef="key-9ebc3787d69dfa1784554a1d2bcd7e2f">Search and seizure powers</Addition></Emphasis><Addition ChangeId="key-9ebc3787d69dfa1784554a1d2bcd7e2f-1514656404999" CommentaryRef="key-9ebc3787d69dfa1784554a1d2bcd7e2f">Sections 195B to 195S: meaning of “appropriate officer”</Addition>195A1In sections 195B to 195S “appropriate officer” means—aan officer of Revenue and Customs,aaan immigration officer, orba constable, ...baan SFO officer, orcan accredited financial investigator.2In subsection (1)(c) the reference to an accredited financial investigator is a reference to an accredited financial investigator who falls within a description specified in an order made for the purposes of that provision by the Secretary of State under section 453.Pt. 4 applied (20.12.2023) by National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), s. 100(1), Sch. 6 para. 8(5) (with s. 97); S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)Pt. 4 applied (20.12.2023) by National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), s. 100(1), Sch. 6 para. 9(5) (with s. 97); S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)Word in s. 195A(1)(b) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 28.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 1 para. 7(a); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 3(b)S. 195A(1)(aa) inserted (22.11.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 55(4)(c), 61(2) (with Sch. 21 para. 40); S.I. 2014/3098, art. 2(b)Pt. 4 applied (3.12.2014) by The Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3141), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 11(5)Ss. 195A-195T and cross-headings inserted (22.11.2014 for the insertion of ss. 195S(1)-(5), 195T(1)-(7) for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 57(2), 116(1) (as amended by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/2595), arts. 1(2), 18(2)(m) (with arts. 24-28); S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3; S.I. 2016/147, art. 3(b))Pt. 4 applied (20.12.2023) by National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), s. 100(1), Sch. 6 para. 42(4) (with s. 97); S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)S. 195A(1)(ba) inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 28.6.2021 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 1 para. 7(b); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 3(b)Pt. 4 applied (3.12.2014) by The Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3141), reg. 1(b), Sch. 2 para. 6(5)Pt. 4: power to amend conferred (1.7.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 97(3), 178(8); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(a)Pt. 4 applied by S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12), arts. 57(5B), 59(8B) (as substituted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), Supreme Court s. 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 19(2)(3); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.)Pt. 4 functions of receiver extended (24.2.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Enforcement in different parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3133), arts. 1, 4(1)(a)