{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-2B",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-2B.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/2B",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "2B",
  "heading": "The National Crime Agency and its officers",
  "text": "(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(2) Anything which the National Crime Agency is authorised or required to do under this Act (whether directly or through its staff) may be done by a person providing services under arrangements made by that Agency if the person is authorised by that Agency (whether generally or specifically) for that purpose.\n(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 2A-2C inserted (1.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 8 para. 124; S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a) (with arts. 3-14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 2B(1) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 110(3); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 2B(2) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 110(4)(a); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 2B(2) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 110(4)(b); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 2B(3) omitted (7.10.2013) by virtue of Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 110(5); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 2B title substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 110(2); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/2B",
    "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."
}