- applicable period
means—
- appropriate
means effective, proportionate and dissuasive.
- appropriate body
means a body that regulates or is representative of any trade, profession, business or employment carried on by the alleged offender.
- appropriate officer
means— (a) a constable, or (b) an officer of Revenue and Customs who is not below such grade as is designated for the purposes of this section by the Commissioners for Her Majesty's Revenue and Customers;
- authorised person
means a person who is authorised for the purposes of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 (c. 8);
- Biological weapon
means anything within section 1(1)(a) or (b) of the Biological Weapons Act 1974 (c. 6).
- business relationship
means a business, professional or commercial relationship between a relevant person and a customer, which is expected by the relevant person, at the time when contact is established, to have an element of duration;
- charged
means charged by the police.
- Chemical weapon
means a chemical weapon as defined by section 1(1) of the Chemical Weapons Act 1996 (c. 6), other than one whose intended use is only for permitted purposes (as defined by section 1(3) of that Act).
- chief officer of police
means a person other than the responsible officer who is—
- company
includes any body corporate, partnership or unincorporated association;
- conclusion date
means the date of the document notifying the conclusions of the review.
- conduct
includes acts and omissions;
- contact details
means— (a) telephone numbers (if any), and (b) email addresses (if any);
- corresponding foreign offence
means an act that—
- country
includes a territory;
- criminal investigation
has the meaning given by section 35(5)(b) of the Commissioners for Revenue and Customs Act 2005 (c. 11).
- customer
means a person who is not a member of the same group as the undertaking;
- Customer due diligence measures
means measures to—
- deproscription order
means an order under section 3(3)(b) or (8) of the Terrorism Act 2000.”
- detained in a hospital
means detained in a hospital under— (a) Part 3 of the Mental Health Act 1983 (c. 20), (b) Part 6 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c. 46) or the Mental Health (Care and Treatment) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 13), or (c) Part 3 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4));
- document
means information recorded in any form;
- employment
means any employment (whether paid or unpaid) and includes— i work under a contract for services or as an office-holder, ii work experience provided pursuant to a training course or programme or in the course of training for employment, and iii voluntary work;
- enactment
includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, Northern Ireland legislation.
- enforcement authority
means—
- enforcement officer
means—
- extra police services
means—
- Financial institution
means—
- financial restrictions proceedings
has the meaning given by section 65;
- gas facility
means a facility used for the purposes of, or for purposes connected with, the transportation of gas from a gas shipper to a gas transporter or gas supplier.
- GCHQ
has the same meaning as in the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (see section 3(3) of that Act).
- home address
means, in relation to a person— (a) the address of the person's sole or main residence in the United Kingdom, or (b) where the person has no such residence, the address or location of a place in the United Kingdom where the person can regularly be found and, if there is more than one such place, such one of those places as the person may select;
- hospital order
means— (a) a hospital order within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1983, (b) an order under Part 6 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, or (c) a hospital order within the meaning of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/595 (N.I. 4));
- INTERPOL
means the organisation called the International Criminal Police Organization - INTERPOL;
- judge advocate
includes, in relation to such times, judicial officer;
- justice
means— (a) in the application of this section to England and Wales, a justice of the peace;
- local enforcement officer
means—
- local police area
means—
- Money laundering
means an act which falls within section 340(11) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29).
- money service business
means an undertaking which by way of business operates a currency exchange office, transmits money (or any representations of monetary value) by any means or cashes cheques which are made payable to customers;
- motor vehicle
means a mechanically propelled vehicle intended or adapted for use on roads;
- notice
means a notice in writing.
- Nuclear weapon
includes a nuclear explosive device that is not intended for use as a weapon.
- partner
includes a person purporting to act as a partner.
- passport
means— (a) a United Kingdom passport within the meaning of the Immigration Act 1971 (c. 77), or (b) a passport issued by or on behalf of the authorities of a country outside the United Kingdom or by or on behalf of an international organisation, and includes any document that can be used (in some or all circumstances) instead of a passport;
- payment card
means a credit card, a charge card, a prepaid card or a debit card;
- photograph
includes any process by means of which an image may be produced;
- premises
means any premises other than premises used only as a dwelling.
- prescribed
means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.
- Radiological weapon
means a device designed to cause destruction, damage or injury by means of the radiation produced by the decay of radioactive material.
- relevant activities
means—
- relevant date
means—
- relevant period
means—
- rules of court
means rules for regulating the practice and procedure to be followed in the High Court or the Court of Appeal or in the Court of Session;
- senior police officer
means a constable of the rank of superintendent or above;
- sentence of imprisonment
includes any form of custodial sentence (apart from service detention);
- service court
means— a a court-martial constituted under the Army Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 18), the Air Force Act 1955 (3 & 4 Eliz. 2 c. 19) or the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c. 53);
- service custody
includes, in relation to times before the commencement of the relevant provisions of the Armed Forces Act 2006, military custody, air-force custody and naval custody;
- service detention
has the meaning given by section 374 of the Armed Forces Act 2006.
- service offence
means an offence under—
- special advocate
means a person appointed under section 68.
- subsidiary
has the meaning given by section 1159 of the Companies Act 2006 (and “company” has the same meaning as in that section).
- terrorism
has the same meaning as in the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (see section 1 of that Act).
- terrorism activity
means anything that—
- Terrorist financing
means—
- the capital requirements regulation
means Regulation (EU) No. 575/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on prudential requirements for credit institutions and investment firms;
- the court
means—
- the court of trial
means—
- the data protection legislation
has the same meaning as in the Data Protection Act 2018 (see section 3 of that Act).
- the Human Rights Convention
means the Convention within the meaning of the Human Rights Act 1998 (c. 42) (see section 21(1) of that Act).
- the intelligence services
means the Security Service, the Secret Intelligence Service and GCHQ (within the meaning of section 3 of the Intelligence Services Act 1994 (c. 13)). 5 Schedule 8A to this Act contains supplementary provisions relating to the offence under this section.”
- the life assurance consolidation directive
means Directive 2002/83/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5th November 2002 concerning life assurance;
- the markets in financial instruments directive
means Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on markets in financial instruments.
- the National Central Bureau
means the body appointed for the time being in accordance with INTERPOL’s constitution to serve as the United Kingdom’s National Central Bureau.
- the relevant force
means— (a) in relation to premises in England or Wales, the police force maintained for the police area in which the premises in respect of which the application is made or the warrant is issued are situated;
- the tribunal
means the First-tier Tribunal or, where so provided by or determined under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal.
- tribunal
means the First-tier Tribunal or, where so provided by or determined under Tribunal Procedure Rules, the Upper Tribunal.
- United Kingdom person
means a United Kingdom national or a body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the United Kingdom.