The Attorney General and Attorney General for Northern Ireland:

(1) has, in accordance with section 377A (1) and (2) of the Act, prepared a code of practice in connection with the exercise by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland and other persons of functions under the Act (Investigations- England and Wales and Northern Ireland) (“the code of practice”);

(2) has, in accordance with section 377A (3) of the Act, published a draft of the code of practice and considered any representations made to her about the draft; and

(3) has, in accordance with section 377A (4) of the Act, laid the code of practice before Parliament.

A draft of this instrument has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.

The Attorney General and Attorney General for Northern Ireland makes the following Order:

1. This Order may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigative Powers of Prosecutors in England, Wales and Northern Ireland: Code of Practice) Order 2008 and shall come into force on the day after the day on which it is made.

2. The code of practice entitled “Code of Practice issued under section 377A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002” laid before Parliament on 18 June 2008 shall come into operation on the day after the day on which this Order is made.