This Order may be cited as the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Cash Searches: Code of Practice) Order 2002 and shall come into force on 30th December 2002 or, if this Order has not been made by 29th December 2002, on the day after the day on which it is made.
Specified date: 30 December 2002: see above.
The code of practice entitled “Code of Practice for Constables and Customs Officers under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002” laid in draft before Parliament on 25th November 2002 shall come into operation on 30th December 2002 or, if this Order has not been made by 29th December 2002, on the day after the day on which this Order is made.
Specified date: 30 December 2002: see art 1.
Bob Ainsworth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
16th December 2002
This Order brings into operation, on 30th December 2002 or, if this Order has not been made by 29th December, the day after the day on which this Order is made, the code of practice made pursuant to section 292 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“the Act”) in connection with the exercise by customs officers and (in relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland) constables of the powers conferred by virtue of section 289 of the Act.
Section 289 of the Act permits constables and customs officers to search persons and premises for cash which is derived from, or intended for use in, unlawful conduct.
