{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-302A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-302A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/302A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "302A",
  "heading": "Powers for prosecutors to appear in proceedings",
  "text": "(1) The Director of Public Prosecutions or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland may appear for a constable or an accredited financial investigator in proceedings under this Chapter if the Director—\n(a) is asked by, or on behalf of, a constable or (as the case may be) an accredited financial investigator to do so, and\n(b) considers it appropriate to do so.\n(2) The Director of Public Prosecutions may appear for the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs or an officer of Revenue and Customs in proceedings under this Chapter if the Director—\n(a) is asked by, or on behalf of, the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs or (as the case may be) an officer of Revenue and Customs to do so, and\n(b) considers it appropriate to do so.\n(3) The Directors may charge fees for the provision of services under this section.\n(4) The references in subsection (1) to an accredited financial investigator do not include an accredited financial investigator who is an officer of Revenue and Customs but the references in subsection (2) to an officer of Revenue and Customs do include an accredited financial investigator who is an officer of Revenue and Customs.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 302A inserted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 84(1), 94(1); S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(h)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 302A(1) inserted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 11 para. 12(2)(a); S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 302A(1) inserted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 11 para. 12(2)(b); S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 302A(2) substituted (27.3.2014) by The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 302A(4) inserted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 11 para. 12(3); S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(f)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 3 applied by 2007 c. 30, s. 24(1) (as substituted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W.S. in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 21(3), 58(1)(6); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(f))"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 5 Ch. 3 applied (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W.S. in so far as not already in force, 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by 2007 c. 30, s. 24(1) (as substituted by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 21(3), 58(1)(6); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(f); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 2(1)(i))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/302A",
    "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."
}