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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3181",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In this Order—\n“The 2014 Regulations” means the Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014;\n“the Act” means the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;\n...\n“country” includes territory;\n“external order” has the meaning set out in section 447(2) of the Act;\n“external request” has the meaning set out in section 447(1) of the Act;\n“overseas confiscation order” has the same meaning as in the 2014 Regulations;\n“a relevant officer of Revenue and Customs” means such an officer exercising functions by virtue of section 6 of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 inserted (11.8.2016) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/662), arts. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 2 omitted (1.4.2008) by virtue of The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2008 (S.I. 2008/302), arts. 1(1), 2(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 2 in force at 1.1.2006, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "2005 c. 11."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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."
}