Part 2Confiscation: England and Wales

F1Search and seizure powers

47ASections 47B to 47S: meaning of “appropriate officer”

(1)

In sections 47B to 47S “appropriate officer” means—

(a)

an officer of Revenue and Customs,

F2(aa)

an immigration officer;

(b)

a constable, F3...

F4(ba)

an SFO officer, or

(c)

an accredited financial investigator.

(2)

In 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 F5or the Welsh Ministers under section 453.