Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

[F1 215A Seized personal property N.I.

(1) This section applies to personal property which is held by a person and which—

(a) has been seized by an appropriate officer under a relevant seizure power, or

(b) has been produced to an appropriate officer in compliance with a production order under section 345.

(2) This section applies if the following conditions are satisfied—

(a) a confiscation order is made against the person by whom the property is held;

(b) a receiver has not been appointed under section 198 in relation to the property;

(c) any period allowed under section 161 for payment of the amount ordered to be paid under the confiscation order has ended.

(3) In such a case a magistrates' court may by order authorise an appropriate officer to realise the property.

(4) In this section “appropriate officer” and “relevant seizure power” have the same meaning as in section 190A.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 215A-215D inserted (1.3.2016) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 60(2), 116(1); S.I. 2016/147, art. 3(c)