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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-commencement-no-1-and-savings-order-2002/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2002/3015",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Commencement No. 1 and Savings) Order 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-commencement-no-1-and-savings-order-2002",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis Order brings into force, on 30th December 2002, the following provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (“the Act”):\n(a) sections 89 and 90, which enable the making of an order as to appeals under Part 2 of the Act;\n(b) chapters 1, 3 and 5 of Part 5 (except for sections 312 and 313), which create a new scheme for the search for, and seizure, detention and forfeiture of, cash derived from, or intended for use in, unlawful conduct;\n(c) certain minor and consequential amendments in Schedule 11, together with entries in the repeals Schedule, Schedule 12; and\n(d) other provisions which it is necessary to bring into force in order to give full effect to the provisions listed above.\nArticle 3 makes savings in relation to the existing scheme for seizure of cash relating to drug trafficking.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/3015/note",
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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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