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(1)The following section shall be inserted in the M1Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1987, after section 42—
(1)A person is guilty of an offence if, knowing that any property is, or in whole or in part directly or indirectly represents, another person’s proceeds of drug trafficking, he acquires or uses that property or has possession of it.
(2)It is a defence to a charge of committing an offence under this section that the person charged acquired or used the property or had possession of it for adequate consideration.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (2) above—
(a)a person acquires property for inadequate consideration if the value of the consideration is significantly less than the value of the property; and
(b)a person uses or has possession of property for inadequate consideration if the value of the consideration is significantly less than the value of his use or possession of the property.
(4)The provision for any person of services or goods which are of assistance to him in drug trafficking shall not be treated as consideration for the purposes of subsection (2) above.
(5)Where a person discloses to a constable or to a person commissioned by the Commissioners of Customs and Excise a suspicion or belief that any property is, or in whole or in part directly or indirectly represents, another person’s proceeds of drug trafficking, or discloses to a constable or a person so commissioned any matter on which such a suspicion or belief is based—
(a)the disclosure shall not be treated as a breach of any restriction upon the disclosure of information imposed by statute or otherwise; and
(b)if he does any act in relation to the property in contravention of subsection (1) above, he does not commit an offence under this section if—
(i)the disclosure is made before he does the act concerned and the act is done with the consent of the constable or person so commissioned, or
(ii)the disclosure is made after he does the act, but on his initiative and as soon as it is reasonable for him to make it.
(6)For the purposes of this section having possession of any property shall be taken to be doing an act in relation to it.
(7)In proceedings against a person for an offence under this section, it is a defence to prove that—
(a)he intended to disclose to a constable or a person so commissioned such a suspicion, belief or matter as is mentioned in subsection (5) above; but
(b)there is reasonable excuse for his failure to make the disclosure in accordance with paragraph (b) of that subsection.
(8)In the case of a person who was in employment at the relevant time, subsections (5) and (7) above shall have effect in relation to disclosures, and intended disclosures, to the appropriate person in accordance with the procedure established by his employer for the making of such disclosures as they have effect in relation to disclosures, and intended disclosures, to a constable or a person so commissioned.
(9)A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable—
(a)on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding six months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum or to both; or
(b)on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding fourteen years or to a fine or to both.
(10)No constable, person so commissioned or other person shall be guilty of an offence under this section in respect of anything done by him in the course of acting in connection with the enforcement, or intended enforcement, of any provision of this Act or of any other enactment relating to drug trafficking or the proceeds of such trafficking.”.
(2)In section 3(3) of the Act of 1987 (circumstances where assumptions are not to be made), after the word “section” where it first occurs there shall be inserted the words “ 42A or ”.
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