Part 8

Investigations
Chapter 2

England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Unexplained wealth orders

Annual reports
362IA
1
The Secretary of State must prepare and publish a report in respect of each relevant period setting out—
a
the number of unexplained wealth orders made by the High Court in England and Wales during that period, and
b
the number of applications made to that Court by enforcement authorities for such an order during that period.
2
Each of the following is a “relevant period”—
a
the period of 12 months beginning with the day on which section 51 of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 comes into force;
b
each subsequent period of 12 months.
3
A report under this section must be prepared and published within the period of 4 months beginning with the end of the relevant period to which the report relates.
4
The Secretary of State must lay a copy of each report prepared under this section before Parliament.
Pt. 8 Ch. 2: power to modify conferred (20.3.2015) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 47, 61(2); S.I. 2015/813, art. 2(b)
Ss. 362A-362I and cross-heading inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W. in so far as not already in force, 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 1, 58(1)(6) (as amended (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/742, regs. 1, 109(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 2(1)(a)
S. 362IA inserted (15.5.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 51, 69(1); S.I. 2022/519, regs. 1(3), 2