Part IIU.K. DRUG TRAFFICKING OFFENCES

Confiscation ordersE+W+S

Prospective

11 Variation of confiscation orders.E+W

(1)Section 14 of the M1Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (variation of confiscation orders) shall be amended as follows.

(2)In subsection (1) (variation on application of defendant), after “defendant” there shall be inserted “ or a receiver appointed under section 8 or 11 of this Act, or in pursuance of a charging order, made ”.

(3)In subsection (3), for “defendant” there shall be substituted “ person who applied for it ”.

(4)The following shall be inserted at the end—

(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..

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