{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-453",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-453.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/453",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "453",
  "heading": "References to financial investigators",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by order provide that a specified reference in this Act to an accredited financial investigator is a reference to such an investigator who falls within a specified description.\n(1A) The Welsh Ministers may by order provide that a specified reference in this Act to an accredited financial investigator includes a reference to a person exercising a function of the Welsh Revenue Authority who falls within a specified description.\n(2) A description may , in particular, be framed by reference to a grade designated by a specified person or by reference to particular types of training undertaken.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 453(1A) inserted (25.1.2018) by Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (anaw 6), ss. 186(1)(4), 194(2); S.I. 2018/33, art. 2(j)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 453(2) inserted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 81(1)(a), 94(1); S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 453(2) inserted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), ss. 81(1)(b), 94(1); S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(g)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 453 in force at 24.2.2003 by S.I. 2003/120, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (20.2.2003) by S.I. 2003/333, art. 14)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/453",
    "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."
}