Rule 2 Interpretation

In these Rules—

(a)

“The Act” means the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002^f1;

(b)

“document” includes any notification required to be given under these Rules;

(c)

“electronic communication” has the meaning given by section 15(1) of the Electronic Communications Act 2000^f2;

(d)

“the solicitor acting for a government department” means the solicitor identified as acting for that department in civil proceedings in the list published under section 17 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947^f3;

(e)

“the solicitor acting for the Secretary of State” means the solicitor identified as acting for the Home Office in civil proceedings in the list published under section 17 of the Crown Proceedings Act 1947;

(f)

words and expressions have the same meaning as in Chapter 3F of Part 5 of the Act.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2002 c. 29. Chapter 3F was inserted by Schedule 9 to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56).
f2: Section 15(1) is amended by section 406 of, and paragraph 158 of Schedule 17 to, the Communications Act 2003 (c. 21).
f3: 1947 c. 44.