83Power to make confiscation orders on committal for sentence
After subsection (9) of section 71 of the [1988 c. 33.] Criminal Justice Act 1988 (confiscation orders) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(9A)Where an offender is committed by a magistrates' court for sentence under section 38 or 38A of the [1980 c. 43.] Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 or section 56 of the [1967 c. 80.] Criminal Justice Act 1967, this section and sections 72 to 74C below shall have effect as if the offender had been convicted of the offence in the proceedings before the Crown Court and not in the proceedings before the magistrates' court.”