{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009/section-66",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009/section-66.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2009/26",
  "legislation_title": "Policing and Crime Act 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/policing-and-crime-act-2009",
  "path": "section/66",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "66",
  "heading": "Transfer of jurisdiction to Crown Court",
  "text": "(1) The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29) is amended as follows.\n(2) In section 343 (judges)—\n(a) in subsection (2) for “or a money laundering investigation” substitute “ , a money laundering investigation or a detained cash investigation ”, and\n(b) in subsection (3) omit “or a detained cash investigation”.\n(3) In section 344 (courts)—\n(a) in paragraph (a) for “or a money laundering investigation” substitute “ , a money laundering investigation or a detained cash investigation ”, and\n(b) in paragraph (b) omit “or a detained cash investigation”.\n(4) In section 350 (government departments), in subsection (5)—\n(a) in paragraph (a) for “or a money laundering investigation” substitute “ , a money laundering investigation or a detained cash investigation ”, and\n(b) in paragraph (b) omit “or a detained cash investigation”.\n(5) In section 351 (supplementary provisions in connection with production orders and orders to grant entry), in subsection (8) omit “or a detained cash investigation”.\n(6) In section 355 (further provisions: confiscation and money laundering), in subsection (1)(a) for “or a money laundering investigation” substitute “ , a money laundering investigation or a detained cash investigation ”.\n(7) In section 356 (further provisions: civil recovery and detained cash)—\n(a) in the title omit “and detained cash”,\n(b) in subsection (1) omit “or detained cash investigations”,\n(c) in subsection (10) for “if the appropriate person has reasonable” substitute “ if an appropriate officer has reasonable ”, and\n(d) omit subsections (11) and (12).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 66 in force at 1.6.2015 for E.W.S. by S.I. 2015/983, art. 2(2)(a) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 66 in force at 1.3.2016 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2016/147, art. 3(f) (with art. 5)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I3",
      "text": "S. 66(1)(5) in force at 22.11.2014 for specified purposes by S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/26/section/66",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:10:38.465629+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."
}