2. Section 195S of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(1) is amended as follows—
(a)in subsection (1)(a), after “Revenue and Customs” insert “and immigration officers”;
(b)in subsection (1)(c), after “Revenue and Customs” insert “, immigration officers”; and
(c)for subsection (1A), substitute—
“(1A) In subsection (1) senior officers means—
(a)officers of Revenue and Customs of a rank designated by the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs as equivalent to that of a senior police officer,
(b)immigration officers of a rank designated by the Secretary of State as equivalent to that of a senior police officer.
(1B) A senior police officer means a police officer of at least the rank of inspector.”.
2002 c. 29; section 195S was inserted by section 57(1) and (2) of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), and amended by S.I. 2012/2595.