The Proceeds of Crime (Scotland) Act 1995 (Enforcement of Scottish Confiscation Orders in England and Wales) Order 2001

Provisions supplementary to article 3

4.—(1) The High Court shall, on application made to it in accordance with rules of court for registration of an order to which article 3 of this Order applies, direct that the order shall, in accordance with such rules, be registered in that court.

(2) The High Court shall have the like power to make an order under section 33 of the Supreme Court Act 1981(1) (extended power to order inspection of property etc.) in relation to proceedings brought or likely to be brought under the 1995 Act as if those proceedings had been brought or were likely to be brought in the High Court.

(3) The High Court may, additionally, for the purpose of—

(a) assisting the achievement in England and Wales of the purposes of orders to which article 3 of this Order applies; or

(b) assisting administrators in the performance of their functions under or for the purposes of the 1995 Act,

make such orders and do otherwise as seems to it appropriate.

(4) A document purporting to be a copy of an order made by a Scottish court under or for the purposes of Part I, II or III of the 1995 Act and to be certified as such by a proper officer of that court shall, in England and Wales, be received in evidence without further proof.

(1)

1981 c. 54.