SCHEDULE 19 Exploitation Proceeds Investigations

SCHEDULE 19 Exploitation Proceeds Investigations

Section 169

1

Part 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c 29) (investigations) is amended as follows.

2

In section 341 (investigations), after subsection (4) add—

“(5)     For the purposes of this Part an exploitation proceeds investigation is an investigation for the purposes of Part 7 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (criminal memoirs etc) into—

(a)     whether a person is a qualifying offender,

(b)     whether a person has obtained exploitation proceeds from a relevant offence,

(c)     the value of any benefits derived by a person from a relevant offence, or

(d)     the available amount in respect of a person.

Paragraphs (a) to (d) are to be construed in accordance with that Part of that Act.â€

3

In section 342 (offences of prejudicing investigation)—

(a)     in subsection (1), after “detained cash investigation†insert “, an exploitation proceeds investigationâ€, and

(b)     after subsection (3)(ba) insert—

“(bb)     the disclosure is made in the exercise of a function under Part 7 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (criminal memoirs

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