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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-55",
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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/55",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "55",
  "heading": "Other interpretation",
  "text": "In this Part—\n“appropriate officer” means—\n(a)an officer of Revenue and Customs;\n(b)a constable; ...\n(ba) an SFO officer; or\n(d)an an accredited financial investigator who is under the direction of a relevant Director as defined in section 352(5A) of the Act;\n“relevant Director” has the meaning—\n(a)in the context of an external request, set out in article 6(4);\n(b)in the context of an external order, set out in article 18(4);\n“relevant property” means property which satisfies the test in section 447(7) of the Act;\n“relevant seizure power” means a power to seize property which is conferred by or by virtue of—\n(a)article 17B (power to seize property);\n(b)article 13 (search and seizure warrants) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2013;\n(c)article 13 (search and seizure warrants) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2014;\n(d)Part 2 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 as applied by section 16 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003; or\n(e)section 17 of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003;\n“SFO officer” means a member of staff of the Serious Fraud Office;\n“specified property” means property specified in an external order (other than an order that specifies a sum of money).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 55 inserted (30.11.2015) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1750), arts. 1(2), 20"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in art. 55 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), 24(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in art. 55 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), 24(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in art. 55 substituted (11.8.2016) by virtue of The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/662), arts. 1, 9"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in art. 55 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), 24(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Art. 55: amendment by S.I. 2018/1078, art. 24 extended to N.I. (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), 4(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 55 in force at 1.1.2006, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3181/article/55",
    "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."
}