{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-127A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-127A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/127A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "127A",
  "heading": "Sections 127B to 127R: meaning of “appropriate officer”",
  "text": "In sections 127B to 127R “appropriate officer” means—\n(a) an officer of Revenue and Customs, or\n(aa) an immigration officer, or\n(b) a constable.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 127A-127R and cross-heading inserted (22.11.2014 for the insertion of ss. 127A, 127G, 127R for specified purposes, 1.6.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 56(2), 116(1); S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3; S.I. 2015/983, art. 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 127A inserted (22.11.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 55(4)(b), 61(2) (with Sch. 21 para. 40); S.I. 2014/3098, art. 2(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/127A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:19.387180+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."
}