{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011-consequential-modifications-and-amendments-order-2011/schedule-1/paragraph-81",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2011/2085",
  "legislation_title": "The Postal Services Act 2011 (Consequential Modifications and Amendments) Order 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/postal-services-act-2011-consequential-modifications-and-amendments-order-2011",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/81",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "81",
  "heading": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to financial investigators) Order 2009",
  "text": "(1) The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Financial Investigators) Order 2009 is amended as follows.\n(2) In article 1(2)—\n(a) insert after the definition of “ Police Service of Northern Ireland ”\n“the Post Office” means the company Post Office Limited (registered number 2154540);”\n(b)in the definition of “the Royal Mail” for “Royal Mail Group Plc (registered number 4138203)” substitute “ Royal Mail Group Limited (registered number 4138203); ”.\n(3) In Schedule 1—\n(a) insert “ the Post Office ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in relation to England and Wales in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for :\n(i) Section 42(2)(c) (application for restraint order under Part 2);\n(ii) Section 45(3) (seizure of property to which restraint order applies under Part 2);\n(iii) Section 68 (3)(c) (authorisation for application for restraint order under Part 2);\n(iv) Section 303A(1) (recovery of cash in summary proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 5);\n(v) Section 352(7) (appropriate persons for the purpose of search and seizure warrants in confiscation, money laundering, civil recovery or detained cash investigation under Part 8);\n(vi) Section 353(11) (appropriate person for purposes where production order is not available for the purpose of a confiscation, money laundering, civil recovery or detained cash investigation under Part 8);\n(b) insert “ the Post Office ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in relation to Northern Ireland in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for Section 191(2)(c) (application for restraint order under Part 4);\n(c) insert “ the Post Office ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in each case in relation to England and Wales and in relation to Northern Ireland in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for:\n(i) Section 378(1)(b) (appropriate officers for the purposes of confiscation investigations under Part 8);\n(ii) Section 378(4)(a) (appropriate officers for the purposes of money laundering investigations);\n(d) insert “ the Post Office and is not below the grade of broadband 3 ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in relation to England and Wales in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for—\n(i) Section 68(3)(c) (authorisation for application for restraint order under Part 2);\n(ii) Section 290(4)(c) (prior approval for search of cash under Chapter 3 of Part 5);\n(e) insert “ the Post Office and is not below the grade of broadband 3 ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in relation to Northern Ireland in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for Section 216(3)(c) (authorisation for application for restraint order under Part 4);\n(f) insert “ the Post Office and is not below the grade of broadband 3 ” in the appropriate place in column 2 in each case in relation to England and Wales and in relation to Northern Ireland in the description specified of an accredited financial investigator against the entry in column 1 for:\n(i) Section 378(2)(d) (senior appropriate officers for the purposes of confiscation investigations);\n(ii) Section 378(6)(c) (senior appropriate officers for the purposes of money laundering investigations).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "S.I. 2009/975. Relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2009/2707."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2011/2085/schedule/1/paragraph/81",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:57:35.805272+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."
}