{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-47A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-47A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/47A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "47A",
  "heading": "Sections 47B to 47S: meaning of “appropriate officer”",
  "text": "(1) In sections 47B to 47S “appropriate officer” means—\n(a) an officer of Revenue and Customs,\n(aa) an immigration officer;\n(b) a constable, ...\n(ba) an SFO officer, or\n(c) an accredited financial investigator.\n(2) In subsection (1)(c) the reference to an accredited financial investigator is a reference to an accredited financial investigator who falls within a description specified in an order made for the purposes of that provision by the Secretary of State or the Welsh Ministers under section 453.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 47A-47S and cross-heading inserted (22.11.2014 for the insertion of ss. 47A, 47G, 47S(1)-(5) for specified purposes, 1.6.2015 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 55(2), 116(1); S.I. 2014/3101, art. 3; S.I. 2015/983, art. 2(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 47A(1)(aa) inserted (22.11.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 55(4)(a), 61(2) (with Sch. 21 para. 40); S.I. 2014/3098, art. 2(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Word in s. 47A(1)(b) omitted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 1 para. 3(a); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 47A(1)(ba) inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 1 para. 3(b); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(aa)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 47A(2) inserted (1.4.2018) by The Tax Collection and Management (Wales) Act 2016 (Consequential and Supplemental Provisions) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/285), regs. 1(2), 5(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 47A(1)(c) modified (1.4.2018) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Welsh Revenue Authority Financial Investigators) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/196), arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. para. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/47A",
    "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."
}