HC Deb 31 October 1979 vol 972 c530W

All exchange controls except in relation to Rhodesia have been removed from midnight 23 October. However, certain investigations into past exchange control offences still need to be pursued.

There are at the present moment six enforcement officers who may sometimes also be named in a search warrant issued by a justice of the peace authorising any constable under paragraph 2 of part 1 of the 5th Schedule to the Exchange Control Act 1947. In 1979 such warrants have been used in two investigations. Occasionally officers of Customs and Excise are also named in these search warrants in cases where they are carrying out an investigation on behalf of the Treasury.

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