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(1)Where a confiscation order—
(a)has been made under this Act,
(b)is not satisfied, and
(c)is not subject to appeal,
the High Court or a county court may, on an application by the prosecutor, exercise the powers conferred by subsections (2) to (6) below.
(2)The court may appoint a receiver in respect of realisable property.
(3)The court may empower a receiver appointed under subsection (2) above, under section 26 of this Act or in pursuance of a charging order—
(a)to enforce any charge imposed under section 27 of this Act on realisable property or on interest or dividends payable in respect of such property; and
(b)in relation to any realisable property other than property for the time being subject to a charge under section 27 of this Act, to take possession of the property subject to such conditions or exceptions as may be specified by the court.
(4)The court may order any person having possession of realisable property to give possession of it to any such receiver.
(5)The court may empower any such receiver to realise any realisable property in such manner as the court may direct.
(6)The court may—
(a)order any person holding an interest in realisable property to make to the receiver such payment as it may direct in respect of any beneficial interest held by the defendant or, as the case may be, the recipient of a gift caught by this Act; and
(b)on the payment being made, by order transfer, grant or extinguish any interest in the property.
(7)Subsections (4) to (6) above do not apply to property for the time being subject to a charge under section 27 of this Act or section 9 of the Drug M1 Trafficking Offences Act 1986.
(8)The court shall not in respect of any property exercise the powers conferred by subsection (3)(a), (5) or (6) above unless a reasonable opportunity has been given for persons holding any interest in the property to make representations to the court.
Extent Information
E1S. 29 as originally enacted extended to England and Wales only but see amendment by 1995 c. 43, ss. 35(20(4) (with Sch. 2 para. 2(2))
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 29 extended to Scotland (1.4.1996) (subject to ss. 35, 36 of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 43, ss. 35(2)(4), 44 (with Sch. 2 para. 2(2))
Marginal Citations
(1)The following sums in the hands of a receiver appointed under section 26 or 29 of this Act or in pursuance of a charging order, that is—
(a)the proceeds of the enforcement of any charge imposed under section 27 of this Act,
(b)the proceeds of the realisation, other than by the enforcement of such a charge, of any property under section 26 or 29 of this Act, and
(c)any other sums, being property held by the defendant,
shall be applied, subject to subsection (2) below, on the defendant’s behalf towards the satisfaction of the confiscation order.
(2)Before any such sums are so applied they shall be applied—
(a)first, in payment of such expenses incurred by a person acting as an insolvency practitioner as are payable under section 35(3) of this Act; and
(b)second, in making such payments (if any) as the High Court or a county court may direct.
(3)If, after the amount payable under the confiscation order has been fully paid, any such sums remain in the hands of such a receiver as is mentioned in subsection (1) above, the receiver shall distribute those sums—
(a)among such of those who held property which has been realised under this Act, and
(b)in such proportions,
as the High Court or a county court may direct after giving a reasonable opportunity for such persons to make representations to the court.
(4)The receipt of any sum by a [F1justices’ chief executive] on account of an amount payable under a confiscation order shall reduce the amount so payable, but the [F1justices’ chief executive] shall apply the money received for the purposes specified in this section and in the order so specified.
(5)The [F1justices’ chief executive] shall first pay any expenses incurred by a person acting as an insolvency practitioner and payable under section 35(3) of this Act but not already paid under subsection (2) above.
(6)If the money was paid to the [F1justices’ chief executive] by a receiver appointed under section 26 or 29 of this Act or in pursuance of a charging order the [F1justices’ chief executive] shall next pay the receiver’s remuneration and expenses.
(7)After making—
(a)any payment required by subsection (5) above, and
(b)in a case to which subsection (6) above applies, any payment required by that subsection,
the [F1justices’ chief executive] shall reimburse any amount paid under section 36(2) of this Act.
(8)Any balance in the hands of the [F1justices’ chief executive] after he has made all payments required by the preceding provisions of this section shall be treated for the purposes of [F2section 60 of the Justices of the Peace Act 1997] (application of fines, etc.) as if it were a fine imposed by a magistrates’ court.
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Extent Information
E2S. 30 extends to England and Wales only but see amendment by 1995 c. 43, ss. 35(2)(4), 44 (with Sch. 2 para. 2(2))
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 30(4)-(8) substituted (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 90(1), Sch. 13 para. 172 (with Sch. 14 para. 7(2)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(a)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
F2Words in s. 30(8) substituted (19.6.1997) by 1997 c. 25, ss. 73(2), 74(1), Sch. 5 para. 36(a) (with s. 73(1), Sch. 4 para. 27)
F3S. 30(9) repealed (1.4.2001) by 1999 c. 22, s. 106, Sch. 15 Pt. V(7) (with Sch. 14 paras. 7(2), 36(9)); S.I. 2001/916, art. 2(c)(ii) (with Sch. 2 para. 2)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2S. 30 extended to Scotland (1.4.1996) (subject to ss. 35, 36 of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 43, ss. 35(2)(4), 44 (with Sch. 2 para. 2(2))
S. 30 extended to Scotland (1.4.1996) (subject to ss. 35, 36 of the amending Act) by 1995 c. 43, ss. 35(2)(4), 44 (with Sch. 2 para. 2(2))
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