# The Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, Paragraph 3A

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where it appears to a financial investigator that a specified person may have benefited from his criminal conduct the investigator may by notice in writing require any solicitor to furnish specified information to the investigator within a specified time and in a specified manner.
(1A) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1) the question whether a person has benefited from his criminal conduct is to be decided in accordance with Part 4 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.
(2) The information which may be specified under sub-paragraph (1) is whether at any time during a specified period the specified person was a client of the solicitor in respect of—
(a) any land or business;
(b) a company, firm, partnership or trust;
(c) a bank or other account; or
(d) any assets in the nature of investments, being assets of the specified person.
(3) Where the specified person was a client as mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), the solicitor shall furnish to the investigator—
(a) the full name of the client;
(b) the most recent and all known previous addresses of the client;
(c) the date of birth (if known) of the client;
(d) other evidence of identity of the client obtained in accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations 1993; and
(e) specified details of the nature of any transaction relating to any matter mentioned in that sub-paragraph.
(4) In its application by virtue of Article 49(1B), this paragraph shall have effect as if—
(a) for references to a financial investigator there were substituted references to a National Crime Agency officer or a relevant Director (within the meaning of Article 49(5));
(b) in sub-paragraphs (1) and (1A) for “benefited from his criminal conduct” there were substituted “obtained property through unlawful conduct”; and
(c) in paragraph (1A) for “Part 4” there were substituted “Part 5”.
(5) Where this paragraph applies by virtue of Article 49 (1B), then—
(a) paragraphs 4(2), 5 and 6 apply for the purposes of this paragraph with the modification mentioned in sub-paragraph (4)(a); and
(b) paragraphs 7 and 8 do not apply for those purposes.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1996/1299/schedule/2/paragraph/3A (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-northern-ireland-order-1996/schedule-2/paragraph-3A
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