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Regulation 4 Disclosure of specified information: criminal investigations and proceedingsI1

United Kingdom

The Bank of England may disclose specified information to a public authority—

(a)

for the purposes of, or in connection with, any criminal investigation which is being, or may be, carried out in the United Kingdom;

(b)

for the purposes of, or in connection with, any criminal proceedings which have been, or may be, initiated in the United Kingdom;

(c)

for the purposes of, or in connection with, any proceedings which have been, or may be, brought under Part 2, 3 or 4 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (confiscation)f1;

(d)

for the purposes of bringing to an end any investigation or proceedings referred to in paragraphs (a), (b) or (c), or of facilitating a determination of whether it or they should be brought to an end.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 4 in force at 9.4.2010, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

2002 c. 29. Part 2 (confiscation: England and Wales), Part 3 (confiscation: Scotland) and Part 4 (confiscation: Northern Ireland) have been subject to amendment.

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Title omitted (22.12.2017) by virtue of The Payment Systems and Services and Electronic Money (Miscellaneous Amendments) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1173), reg. 8(a)