{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-213Z",
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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/213Z",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "213Z",
  "heading": "Action to give effect to an external order",
  "text": "The Secretary of State may forward an external order in relation to money held in an account maintained with a relevant financial institution to—\n(a) the Chief Constable of a police force in England and Wales , the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Northern Ireland or the Chief Constable of the Police Service of Scotland;\n(b) the Commissioners for Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs;\n(c) the Director of the Serious Fraud Office;\n(d) the Director of the National Crime Agency.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. 5B inserted (12.11.2019) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations and External Orders and Requests) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1078), arts. 1(2), 31"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 213Z substituted (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), 33(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 213Z(a) 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), 22"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3181/article/213Z",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:32.650973+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."
}