{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-international-co-operation-act-2003-exercise-of-functions-order-2013/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2733",
  "legislation_title": "The Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Exercise of Functions) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-international-co-operation-act-2003-exercise-of-functions-order-2013",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Order—\n“the Act” means the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003;\n“HMRC matter” means any matter in relation to which the Commissioners have functions;\n“the Commissioners” means the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;\n“officer of Revenue and Customs” includes a person acting under the direction of such an officer;\n“relevant offence” means conduct consisting of an offence under the law of a country outside the United Kingdom which, if it occurred in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, would be an offence in relation to an HMRC matter;\n“request for assistance” means a request for assistance in obtaining evidence in England and Wales and Northern Ireland.\n(2) A reference to a section or schedule without more is a reference to the section or schedule bearing that number in the Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2733/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:36:45.611855+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}