10 Interest on sums unpaid under confiscation orders.E+W
(1)If any sum required to be paid by a person under a confiscation order is not paid when it is required to be paid (whether forthwith on the making of the order or at a time specified under [F1section 139(1) of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000]) that person shall be liable to pay interest on that sum for the period for which it remains unpaid; and the amount of the interest shall for the purposes of enforcement be treated as part of the amount to be recovered from him under the confiscation order.
(2)The Crown Court may, on the application of the prosecutor, increase the term of imprisonment or detention fixed in respect of the confiscation order under subsection (2) of [F2section 139 of the 2000 Act] (as it has effect by virtue of section 9 of this Act) if the effect of subsection (1) above is to increase the maximum period applicable in relation to the order under [F3subsection (4)] of that section.
(3)The rate of interest under subsection (1) above shall be [F4the same rate as that specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 (interest on civil judgment debts)]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 10(1) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 167(2)
F2Words in s. 10(2) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 167(3)(b)
F3Words in s. 10(2) substituted (25.8.2000) by 2000 c. 6, ss. 165(1), 168(1), Sch. 9 para. 167(3)(b)
F4Words in s. 10(3) inserted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 42, s. 4(3); S.I. 1996/2515, art. 2