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SCHEDULE 2MODIFICATIONS OF THE DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENCES ACT 1986

11.  In section 12—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words from “sums”, in the last place where it occurs, to the end of the subsection, there shall be substituted the words “be paid to the High Court and applied for the purposes specified in subsections (3) to (6) below and in the order so specified.”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “If, after the amount payable under the confiscation order”, there shall be substituted the words “Where a fixed amount is payable under the external confiscation order and, after that amount”;

(c)subsection (3) shall be omitted;

(d)in subsection (4), for the words “The justices' clerk shall first”, there shall be substituted the words “Any sums paid to the High Court under subsection (1) above or under an order made under section 11(1A) of this Act or otherwise in satisfaction of an external confiscation order shall be first applied to”;

(e)for subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(5) If the money was paid to the High Court by a receiver appointed under section 8 or 11 of this Act or in pursuance of a charging order the receiver’s remuneration and expenses shall next be paid.;

(f)in subsection (6), for the words “After making” there shall be substituted the words “After there has been made”, and for the words “the justices' clerk shall reimburse any amount paid under section 18(2) of this Act” there shall be substituted the words “any amount paid under section 18(2) of this Act shall be reimbursed.”; and

(g)for subsection (7) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(7) Any sums remaining after all the payments required to be made under the foregoing provisions of this section have been made shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund..