Statutory Instruments
2015 No. 230
Proceeds Of Crime, Northern Ireland
The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015
Made
12th February 2015
Coming into force in accordance with article 1
A draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament in accordance with section 58(4)(j) of the Crime and Courts Act 2013( 1 ) (“the 2013 Act”).
The Secretary of State makes the following Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 59(1) and (2) of the 2013 Act:
Citation, commencement and extent
1. —(1) This Order may be cited as the Crime and Courts Act 2013 (Consequential Amendments) Order 2015, and comes into force on the day after the day on which it is made.
(2) This Order extends to Northern Ireland only.
Amendment of section 195S of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
2.Section 195S of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002( 2 ) 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. ” .
Karen Bradley
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State
Home Office
12th February 2015
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 .