{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-333A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-333A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/333A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "333A",
  "heading": "Tipping off: regulated sector",
  "text": "(1) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person discloses any matter within subsection (2);\n(b) the disclosure is likely to prejudice any investigation that might be conducted following the disclosure referred to in that subsection; and\n(c) the information on which the disclosure is based came to the person in the course of a business in the regulated sector.\n(2) The matters are that the person or another person has made a disclosure under this Part—\n(a) to a constable,\n(b) to an officer of Revenue and Customs,\n(c) to a nominated officer, or\n(d) to a National Crime Agency officer authorised for the purposes of this Part by the Director General of that Agency,\nof information that came to that person in the course of a business in the regulated sector.\n(3) A person commits an offence if—\n(a) the person discloses that an investigation into allegations that an offence under this Part has been committed is being contemplated or is being carried out;\n(b) the disclosure is likely to prejudice that investigation; and\n(c) the information on which the disclosure is based came to the person in the course of a business in the regulated sector.\n(4) A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—\n(a) on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale, or to both;\n(b) on conviction on indictment to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years, or to a fine, or to both.\n(5) This section is subject to—\n(a) section 333B (disclosures within an undertaking or group etc),\n(b) section 333C (other permitted disclosures between institutions etc), and\n(c) section 333D (other permitted disclosures etc).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 333A-333E inserted (26.12.2007) by Terrorism Act 2000 and Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Amendment) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3398), reg. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 333A(2)(d) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 132; 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/333A",
    "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."
}