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(1)The following sections shall be inserted in the M1Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986, after section 4—
(1)Subsection (2) below applies where a person has been convicted of one or more drug trafficking offences.
(2)If the prosecutor asks it to proceed under this section, the High Court may exercise the powers of the Crown Court under this Act to make a confiscation order against the defendant if satisfied that the defendant has died or absconded.
(3)Subsection (4) below applies where proceedings for one or more drug trafficking offences have been instituted against a person but have not been concluded.
(4)If the prosecutor asks it to proceed under this section, the High Court may exercise the powers of the Crown Court under this Act to make a confiscation order against the defendant if satisfied that the defendant has absconded.
(5)The power conferred by subsection (4) above may not be exercised at any time before the end of the period of two years beginning with the date which is, in the opinion of the court, the date on which the defendant absconded.
(6)In any proceedings on an application under this section—
(a)sections 2(2) and 3(1D), (2) and (3) shall not apply,
(b)the court shall not make a confiscation order against a person who has absconded unless it is satisfied that the prosecutor has taken reasonable steps to contact him, and
(c)any person appearing to the court to be likely to be affected by the making of a confiscation order by the court shall be entitled to appear before the court and make representations.
(1)Where the High Court has made a confiscation order by virtue of section 4A of this Act, the Crown Court shall, in respect of the offence or any of the offences concerned—
(a)take account of the order before—
(i)imposing any fine on him, or
(ii)making any order involving any payment by him, or
(iii)making any order under section 27 of the M2Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (forfeiture orders) or section 43 of the M3Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 (deprivation orders), and
(b)subject to paragraph (a) above, leave the order out of account in determining the appropriate sentence or other manner of dealing with the defendant.
(2)Where the High Court has made a confiscation order by virtue of section 4A of this Act and the defendant subsequently appears before the Crown Court to be sentenced in respect of one or more of the offences concerned, section 1(1) of this Act shall not apply so far as his appearance is in respect of that offence or those offences.”.
(2)In section 6 of the Act of 1986 (application of procedure for enforcing fines), in subsection (6), after the words “made by”, where they first occur, there shall be inserted “ the High Court, by virtue of section 4A of this Act, or by ”.
(3)The following subsection shall be added at the end of section 6 of the Act of 1986—
“(8)Where the High Court makes a confiscation order by virtue of section 4A of this Act in relation to a defendant who has died, subsection (1) above shall be read as referring only to sections 31(1) and 32(1) of the Act of 1973.”.
Prospective
The following sections shall be inserted in the M4Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986, after section 19—
(1)This section applies where—
(a)the High Court has made a confiscation order by virtue of section 4A(4) of this Act, and
(b)the defendant is subsequently tried for the offence or offences concerned and acquitted on all counts.
(2)The court by which the defendant is acquitted shall cancel the confiscation order.
(3)The High Court may, on the application of a person who held property which was realisable property, order compensation to be paid to the applicant if it is satisfied that the applicant has suffered loss as a result of the making of the confiscation order.
(4)The amount of compensation to be paid under this section shall be such as the court considers just in all the circumstances of the case.
(5)Rules of court may make provision—
(a)for the giving of notice of any application under this section; and
(b)for any person appearing to the court to be likely to be affected by any exercise of its powers under this section to be given an opportunity to make representations to the court.
(6)Any payment of compensation under this section shall be made by the Lord Chancellor out of money provided by Parliament.
(7)Where the court cancels a confiscation order under this section it may make such consequential or incidental order as it considers appropriate in connection with the cancellation.
(1)This section applies where—
(a)the High Court has made a confiscation order by virtue of section 4A(4) of this Act in relation to an absconder,
(b)the defendant has ceased to be an absconder, and
(c)section 19A of this Act does not apply.
(2)The High Court may, on the application of the defendant, cancel the confiscation order if it is satisfied that—
(a)there has been undue delay in continuing the proceedings in respect of which the power under section 4A(4) of this Act was exercised; or
(b)the prosecutor does not intend to proceed with the prosecution.
(3)Where the High Court cancels a confiscation order under this section it may, on the application of a person who held property which was realisable property, order compensation to be paid to the applicant if it is satisfied that the applicant has suffered loss as a result of the making of the confiscation order.
(4)The amount of compensation to be paid under this section shall be such as the court considers just in all the circumstances of the case.
(5)Rules of court may make provision—
(a)for the giving of notice of any application under this section; and
(b)for any person appearing to the court to be likely to be affected by any exercise of its powers under this section to be given an opportunity to make representations to the court.
(6)Any payment of compensation under this section shall be made by the Lord Chancellor out of money provided by Parliament.
(7)Where the court cancels a confiscation order under this section it may make such consequential or incidental order as it considers appropriate in connection with the cancellation.
(1)This section applies where—
(a)the High Court has made a confiscation order by virtue of section 4A(4) of this Act, and
(b)the defendant has ceased to be an absconder.
(2)If the defendant alleges that—
(a)the value of his proceeds of drug trafficking in the period by reference to which the determination in question was made (the “original value”), or
(b)the amount that might have been realised at the time the confiscation order was made,
was less than the amount ordered to be paid under the confiscation order, he may apply to the High Court for it to consider his evidence.
(3)If, having considered that evidence, the court is satisfied that the defendant’s allegation is correct it—
(a)shall make a fresh determination under subsection (4) of section 1 of this Act, and
(b)may, if it considers it just in all the circumstances, vary the amount to be recovered under the confiscation order.
(4)For any determination under section 1 of this Act by virtue of this section, section 2(5) of this Act shall not apply in relation to any of the defendant’s proceeds of drug trafficking taken into account in determining the original value.
(5)Where the court varies a confiscation order under this section—
(a)it shall substitute for the term of imprisonment or of detention fixed under section 31(2) of the M5Powers of Criminal Courts Act 1973 in respect of the amount to be recovered under the order a shorter term determined in accordance with that section (as it has effect by virtue of section 6 of this Act) in respect of the lesser amount; and
(b)on the application of a person who held property which was realisable property, it may order compensation to be paid to the applicant if—
(i)it is satisfied that the applicant has suffered loss as a result of the making of the confiscation order; and
(ii)having regard to all the circumstances of the case, the court considers it to be appropriate.
(6)The amount of compensation to be paid under this section shall be such as the court considers just in all the circumstances of the case.
(7)Rules of court may make provision—
(a)for the giving of notice of any application under this section; and
(b)for any person appearing to the court to be likely to be affected by any exercise of its powers under this section to be given an opportunity to make representations to the court.
(8)Any payment of compensation under this section shall be made by the Lord Chancellor out of money provided by Parliament.
(9)No application shall be entertained by the court under this section if it is made after the end of the period of six years beginning with the date on which the confiscation order was made.”.
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