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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111125823",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigations: Code of Practice) (England and Wales) Order 2015",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Exercise of powers at time of coming into operation",
  "text": "The revised code of practice referred to in article 2 applies to the exercise of any function conferred by virtue of Chapter 2 of Part 8 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 by—\n(a) the Director General of the National Crime Agency,\n(b) any other National Crime Agency officer,\n(c) an officer of Revenue and Customs,\n(d) an immigration officer,\n(e) in relation to England and Wales, an accredited financial investigator and\n(f) in relation to England and Wales, a constable,\nafter midnight on 31st May 2015 notwithstanding that the exercise of the function may have begun before that time.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Section 289 is amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 48 to the Financial Services Act 2013, paragraph 2 of Schedule 11 to the Serious Crime Act 2007, section 63 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26) and S.I. 2010/976."
    }
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  "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."
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