{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-order-2014/article-3",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/1893",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-order-2014",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Scope of the Order",
  "text": "(1) This Order has effect for the purpose of enabling an appropriate officer to assist an external investigation by obtaining orders and warrants from the Crown Court , or by enabling an enforcement authority to obtain unexplained wealth orders and interim freezing orders from the High Court ....\n(2) The powers conferred by this Order are exercisable only if the appropriate officer or enforcement authority (as the case may be) believes that the external investigation relates to a criminal investigation or criminal proceedings in the country or territory of the overseas authority carrying out the external investigation.\n(3) For the purpose of paragraph (2), criminal proceedings include proceedings to remove from a person the benefit of that person’s criminal conduct following that person’s conviction for an offence or offences.\n(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1) inserted (12.11.2018) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1078), arts. 1(2), 18(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(1) omitted (28.6.2021) by virtue of The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/638), arts. 1(2), 55(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 3(2) inserted (28.6.2021) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/638), arts. 1(2), 55(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Art. 3(4) omitted (12.11.2018) by virtue of The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1078), arts. 1(2), 18(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 3 in force at 13.8.2014, see art. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1893/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:09:22.436773+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."
}