Criminal Finances Act 2017

Cited authorities 175

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Amendments 175

Jurisdiction	UK Non-devolved
Citation	2017 c. 22
Year	2017

Contenidos

Criminal Finances Act 2017
PART 1: Proceeds of crime

Unexplained wealth orders: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

1: Unexplained wealth orders: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
2: Interim freezing orders
3: External assistance

Unexplained wealth orders: Scotland

4: Unexplained wealth orders: Scotland
5: Interim freezing orders
6: External assistance

Disclosure orders

7: Disclosure orders: England and Wales and Northern Ireland
8: Disclosure orders: Scotland

Beneficial ownership

9: Co-operation: beneficial ownership information

10: Power to extend moratorium period

11: Sharing of information within the regulated sector
12: Further information orders
Meaning of “unlawful conduct": gross human rights abuses or violations

13: Unlawful conduct: gross human rights abuses or violations

Forfeiture

14: Forfeiture of cash
15: Forfeiture of certain personal (or moveable) property
16: Forfeiture of money held in bank and building society accounts

Extension of powers

17: Serious Fraud Office
18: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs: removal of restrictions
19: Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs: new powers
20: Financial Conduct Authority
21: Immigration officers

Assault and obstruction offences

22: Search and seizure warrants: assault and obstruction offences
23: Assault and obstruction offence in relation to SFO officers
24: External requests, orders and investigations
25: Obstruction offence in relation to immigration officers

Seized money: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

26: Seized money: England and Wales
27: Seized money: Northern Ireland

Miscellaneous provisions relating to Scotland

28: Seized money
29: Recovery orders relating to heritable property
30: Money received by administrators

Other miscellaneous provisions

31: Accredited financial investigators
32: Reconsideration of discharged orders
33: Confiscation investigations: determination of the available amount
34: Confiscation orders and civil recovery: minor amendments

PART 2: Terrorist property

Disclosures of information

35: Disclosure orders
36: Sharing of information within the regulated sector
37: Further information orders

Civil recovery

38: Forfeiture of terrorist cash
39: Forfeiture of certain personal (or moveable) property: Schedule 3 contains amendments to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 which enable the forfeiture of certain personal (or moveable) property which—
40: Forfeiture of money held in bank and building society accounts: Schedule 4 contains amendments to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 which enable the forfeiture of money held in a bank or building society account which—

Counter-terrorism financial investigators

41: Extension of powers to financial investigators
42: Offences in relation to counter-terrorism financial investigators

Enforcement in other parts of United Kingdom

43: Enforcement in other parts of United Kingdom

PART 3: Corporate offences of failure to prevent facilitation of tax evasion

Preliminary

44: Meaning of relevant body and acting in the capacity of an associated person

Failure of relevant bodies to prevent tax evasion facilitation offences by associated persons

45: Failure to prevent facilitation of UK tax evasion offences
46: Failure to prevent facilitation of foreign tax evasion offences

Guidance about prevention procedures

47: Guidance about preventing facilitation of tax evasion offences

Offences: general and supplementary provision

48: Offences: extra-territorial application and jurisdiction
49: Consent to prosecution under section 46
50: Offences by partnerships: supplementary

Consequential amendments and interpretation

51: Consequential amendments
52: Interpretation of Part 3

PART 4: General

53: Minor and consequential amendments
54: Power to make consequential provision

55: Section 54: procedural requirements

56: Financial provision: The following are to be paid out of money provided by Parliament—

57: Extent

58: Commencement

59: Short title

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1 Section 17
Powers of members of staff of Serious Fraud Office

SCHEDULE 2 Section 35
Disclosure orders

SCHEDULE 3 Section 39
Forfeiture of certain personal (or moveable) property

SCHEDULE 4 Section 40
Forfeiture of money held in bank and building society accounts

SCHEDULE 5 Section 53
Minor and consequential amendments

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 52)
Limitation Act 1980 (c. 58)
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27)
Criminal Justice Act 1987 (c. 38)
Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/1339 (N.I. 11))
Data Protection Act 1998 (c. 29)
Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11)
Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (c. 24)
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)
Homelessness etc. (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 10)
Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3)

Criminal Finances Act 2017

2017 c. 22

An Act to amend the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002; make provision in connection with terrorist property; create corporate offences for cases where a person associated with a body corporate or partnership facilitates the commission by another person of a tax evasion offence; and for connected purposes.

[27th April 2017]

Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by...

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