3 Disposal of property used, or intended for use, for purposes of crime: Northern Ireland.N.I.
(1)Article 11 of the M1Criminal Justice (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (power to deprive offender of property used, or intended for use, for purposes of crime) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph (8)—
(a)for “section 2(1)” there is substituted “ section 2 ”,
(b)after “may” there is inserted “ subject to paragraph (8A) ”, and
(c)after “provision for disposal” there is inserted “ (including disposal by vesting in the Police Authority for Northern Ireland) ”.
(3)After that paragraph there is inserted—
“(8A)The regulations may not provide for the vesting in the Police Authority for Northern Ireland of property in relation to which an order has been made under Article 12.
(8B)Nothing in subsection (2A)(a) or (3) of section 2 of the M2Police (Property) Act 1897 limits the power to make regulations under that section by virtue of paragraph (8).”