(1) This section applies if a person knows or suspects that an appropriate officer or (in Scotland) a proper person is acting (or proposing to act) in connection with a confiscation investigation, a civil recovery investigation, a detained cash investigation, a detained property investigation, a frozen funds investigation, a cryptoasset investigation, an exploitation proceeds investigation or a money laundering investigation which is being or is about to be conducted.
(2) The person commits an offence if -
(a) he makes a disclosure which is likely to prejudice the investigation, or
(b) he falsifies, conceals, destroys or otherwise disposes of, or causes or permits the falsification, concealment, destruction or disposal of, documents which are relevant to the investigation.
(3) A person does not commit an offence under subsection (2)(a) if -
(a) he does not know or suspect that the disclosure is likely to prejudice the investigation,
(b) the disclosure is made in the exercise of a funct
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