EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order applies, with modifications, certain provisions of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60) to search and seizure warrants obtained in England and Wales under section 352 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29) for the purposes of a confiscation investigation, a money laundering investigation or a detained cash investigation, and to the powers of seizure under those warrants.
The Order also revokes, for England and Wales only, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Application of Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and Police and Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1989) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/174) (“the 2003 Order”). Article 6 contains a saving, preserving the 2003 Order in relation to undetermined applications for warrants made before 1st June 2015, and warrants which are in existence on the coming into force of this Order; to powers of seizure under such warrants; and to any proceedings arising in relation to such applications, warrants or powers of seizure (including appeals).
An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no impact is foreseen on the private, voluntary or public sectors.