{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-65H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-65H.json",
  "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/65H",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "65H",
  "heading": "Report by appointed person on exercise of powers",
  "text": "(1) As soon as possible after the end of each financial year, the person appointed under article 65G(4) must prepare a report for that year.\n(2) “Financial year” means—\n(a) the period beginning with the day on which this article comes into force and ending with the next 31st March (which is the first financial year); and\n(b) each subsequent period of twelve months beginning with 1st April.\n(3) The report must give the appointed person’s opinion as to the circumstances and manner in which the powers conferred by articles 65B to 65E are being exercised in cases where the officer who exercised them is required to give a report under article 65G.\n(4) The report may make any recommendations the appointed person considers appropriate.\n(5) The appointed person must send a copy of the report to the Scottish Ministers.\n(6) The Scottish Ministers must—\n(a) publish any report received under paragraph (5); and\n(b) lay a copy before the Scottish Parliament.\n(7) Before acting under paragraph (6) the Scottish Ministers must exclude from the report any matter which the Scottish Ministers think is likely to prejudice any criminal investigation or criminal proceedings either in the United Kingdom or abroad (including the country from which the external request was made).\n(8) If the Scottish Ministers exclude any matter from the report they must comply with paragraph (6) in relation to the whole of the report as soon as they think that the excluded matter is no longer likely to prejudice any criminal investigation or criminal proceedings.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ch. 1A 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), 25"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3181/article/65H",
    "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."
}