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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-and-external-orders-and-requests-amendment-order-2021/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2021/638",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2021",
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  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Serious Fraud Office powers: Northern Ireland extent",
  "text": "The amendments made by the following articles of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2018 extend to Northern Ireland—\n(a) article 23 (extension of powers to the Serious Fraud Office: appropriate approval) (which amends article 17F(3) of the 2005 Order);\n(b) article 24 (extension of powers to the Serious Fraud Office: definition of “appropriate officer”) (which amends article 55 of the 2005 Order).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 2018/1078. Article 2(4)(a) of S.I. 2018/1078 limited the extent of the amendments made by articles 23 and 24 to England and Wales."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2021/638/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:12:58.516200+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."
}