{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-88",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-88.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/88",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "88",
  "heading": "Other interpretative provisions",
  "text": "(1) A reference to the offence (or offences) concerned must be construed in accordance with section 6(9).\n(2) A criminal investigation is an investigation which police officers or other persons have a duty to conduct with a view to it being ascertained whether a person should be charged with an offence.\n(3) A defendant is a person against whom proceedings for an offence have been started (whether or not he has been convicted).\n(4) A reference to sentencing the defendant for an offence includes a reference to dealing with him otherwise in respect of the offence.\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) The following paragraphs apply to references to orders—\n(a) a confiscation order is an order under section 6;\n(b) a restraint order is an order under section 41.\n(7) Sections 75 to 87 and this section apply for the purposes of this Part.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 88(5) repealed (1.12.2020) by Sentencing Act 2020 (c. 17), s. 416(1), Sch. 28 (with ss. 413(4)(5), 416(7), Sch. 27); S.I. 2020/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 2 applied by Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11), Sch. 8 paras. 8(5A), 34(3A) (as substituted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), s. 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 39(2)(5); S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2(1)(b)(2), sch. (with art. 7); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 2 applied by Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c. 60), ss. 56(5B), 58(8B) (as substituted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), s. 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 14(2)(3); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 88(5) modified (1.12.2020 immediately before the consolidation date (see 2020 c. 9, ss. 3, 5(2)(3) and 2020 c. 17, ss. 2, 416)) by Sentencing (Pre-consolidation Amendments) Act 2020 (c. 9), ss. 1, 5(2)(3); S.I. 2012/1236, reg. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C4",
      "text": "Pt. 2 applied (with modifications) (1.6.2015) by The Restraint Orders (Legal Aid Exception and Relevant Legal Aid Payments) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/868), regs. 1, 5 (with reg. 4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 88 in force at 24.3.2003 by S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/88",
    "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."
}