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2024 No. 542 Proceeds Of Crime, England And Wales Proceeds Of Crime, Northern Ireland The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigative Powers of Prosecutors: Code of Practice) Order 2024 Made 22nd April 2024 Coming into force 26th April 2024 The Attorney General and the Advocate General for Northern Ireland (“the Attorney General”) makes this Order in exercise of the powers conferred by section 377A(5) and (9) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“the Act”). The Attorney General has— (a) under section 377A(9) of the Act, revised the code of practice prepared under section 377A(1) and (2) of the Act in connection with the exercise of functions under Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the Act by the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office, the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland, and officers of the Serious Fraud Office, (b) in accordance with section 377A(3) of the Act, published a draft of the revised code of practice, considered the representations made about the draft and, as appropriate, amended the draft accordingly, and (c) in accordance with section 377A(4) of the Act, laid the revised code of practice before Parliament. In accordance with section 459(6)(aa) of the Act a draft of this Order has been laid before and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.
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