Consultation outcome

Draft codes of practice issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002: amendments to codes to reflect the Criminal Finances Act 2017 in Northern Ireland

• From: Home Office
• Published: 1 December 2020
• Last updated: 10 August 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

The Home Office has taken the feedback provided in the consultation on board. A response to the consultation can be found in the draft explanatory memorandum of the codes.

The draft explanatory memorandum, along with the draft codes of practice were published in Parliament on 22nd March and will be debated as part of parliamentary procedure.

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Original consultation

Summary

This consultation seeks views on four Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) codes of practice, all of which are issued by the Home Secretary.

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 1 December 2020 to 12:15am on 23 January 2021

Consultation description

This consultation seeks views on four Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 codes of practice.

The existing guidance needs to be updated in advance of the full commencement of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA) amendments to POCA in Northern Ireland.

POCA provides that when a Code of Practice is revised, the relevant authorities must prepare and publish a draft, they must consider any representations made and modify the Codes as appropriate, and they must lay the Codes before Parliament or the Northern Ireland Assembly (as appropriate) for approval.

Please note that the CFA’s amendments will not be commenced in Northern Ireland until the relevant secondary legislation is passed in Parliament and by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

The Department of Justice, Northern Ireland, and the Attorney General have published consultations in tandem with this one, which seek views on five further codes.

See the Department of Justice’s consultation.

See the Attorney General’s Office’s consultation.

Documents

Draft codes of practice issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

PDF, 128 KB, 5 pages

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Draft codes of practice issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (accessible version)

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Draft code of practice issued under section 195S of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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Draft code of practice issued under section 292 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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Draft code of practice issued under section 292 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (accessible version)

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Draft code of practice issued under section 303G of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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Draft code of practice issued under section 303G of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (accessible version)

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Draft code of practice issued under section 377 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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Published 1 December 2020
Last updated 10 August 2021 + show all updates

1. 10 August 2021

   Accessible HTML versions of 'Draft codes of practice issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002', ' Draft code of practice issued under section 195S of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002', 'Draft code of practice issued under section 292 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002', 'Draft code of practice issued under section 303G of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002' and 'Draft code of practice issued under section 377 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002' added.

2. 22 March 2021

   Updated the outcome of the consultation.

3. 1 December 2020

   First published.