{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Accreditation and training",
  "text": "(1) The National Crime Agency must provide a system for the accreditation of financial investigators.\n(2) The system of accreditation must include provision for—\n(a) the monitoring of the performance of accredited financial investigators, and\n(b) the withdrawal of accreditation from any person who contravenes or fails to comply with any condition subject to which he was accredited , and\n(c) securing that decisions under that system which concern—\n(i) the grant or withdrawal of accreditations, or\n(ii) the monitoring of the performance of accredited financial investigators,\nare taken without regard to their effect on operations by the National Crime Agency or any other person.\n(3) A person may be accredited—\n(a) in relation to this Act;\n(b) in relation to particular provisions of this Act.\n(4) But the accreditation may be limited to specified purposes.\n(5) A reference in this Act to an accredited financial investigator is to be construed accordingly.\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(7) The National Crime Agency must make provision for the training of persons in—\n(a) financial investigation, and\n(b) the operation of this Act.\n(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(1) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 111(2); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Word in s. 3(1) substituted (1.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 8 para. 120(2)(b); S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a) (with arts. 3-14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 3(2)(c) and word inserted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 111(3); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 3(6) repealed (1.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 8 para. 120(3), Sch. 14; S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a)(d) (with arts. 3-14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 3(7) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 111(4); S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "S. 3(8) repealed (1.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 8 para. 120(5), Sch. 14; S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a)(d) (with arts. 3-14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/3",
    "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."
}