Legal Update - 1 October 2025
The Home Office Circular 006/2025: Disclosure Orders (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) is issued to ensure consistency in practice across the criminal justice system, including law enforcement agencies, courts and other interested parties, of the use of disclosure orders in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, as governed by the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA). Specifically, disclosure order powers are set out in sections 357-362 of the Act. The circular gives an overview of disclosure orders and some key definitions.
For further information regarding disclosure orders and POCA investigations see the Investigations: code of practice issued under section 377 of POCA, the Criminal Procedure Rules and application form for a disclosure order.
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