Consultation outcome

Draft investigations code of practice issued under POCA 2002

• From: Home Office
• Published: 29 June 2022
• Last updated: 29 January 2024 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

This consultation has concluded

Detail of outcome

A response to the consultation can be found in the draft explanatory memorandum that accompanies the draft statutory instrument that will bring the revised code of practice into effect.

Read the draft statutory instrument and draft explanatory memorandum.

Read the draft code of practice.

The documents were laid in Parliament on 22 January 2024 and will be debated as part of parliamentary procedure.

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Original consultation

Summary

We are consulting on the draft investigations code of practice issued under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA).

This consultation ran from
9:30am on 29 June 2022 to 11:59pm on 21 September 2022

Consultation description

Following the commencement of part 2 of the Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act we are required to amend the POCA: investigations code of practice to reflect the changes made to the Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) regime. The Home Office is required to consult on any changes made to the code.

Documents

Consultation document (accessible)

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Consultation document

PDF, 116 KB, 11 pages

Draft code of practice (accessible)

HTML

Draft code of practice

PDF, 576 KB, 79 pages

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Draft code of practice (tracked changes)

MS Word Document, 286 KB

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Published 29 June 2022
Last updated 29 January 2024 + show all updates

1. 29 January 2024

   Added the consultation outcome.

2. 29 June 2022

   First published.