Part 8Investigations

Chapter 2England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Judges and courts

343 Judges

(1)

In this Chapter references to a judge in relation to an application must be construed in accordance with this section.

(2)

In relation to an application for the purposes of a confiscation investigation F1, a money laundering investigation F2, a detained cash investigation, a detained property investigation F3, a frozen funds investigation or a cryptoasset investigation a judge is—

(a)

in England and Wales, a judge entitled to exercise the jurisdiction of the Crown Court;

(b)

in Northern Ireland, a Crown Court judge.

(3)

In relation to an application for the purposes of a civil recovery investigation F4or an exploitation proceeds investigation F5... a judge is a judge of the High Court.