Part VIII General
F2120AF1Supplementary powers of forfeiture
1
A court by or before which a person is convicted of an offence under a provision mentioned in column 1 of the following table may order the forfeiture of any item mentioned in column 2 in relation to that offence.
Offence | Items liable to forfeiture |
|---|---|
Section 54 (weapons training) | Anything that the court considers to have been in the possession of the person for purposes connected with the offence. |
Section 57 (possession for terrorist purposes) | Any article that is the subject matter of the offence. |
Section 58 (collection of information) | Any document or record containing information of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of that section. |
Section 58A (eliciting, publishing or communicating information about members of armed forces etc) | Any document or record containing information of the kind mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of that section. |
2
Before making an order under this section, a court must give an opportunity to be heard to any person, other than the convicted person, who claims to be the owner or otherwise interested in anything which can be forfeited under this section.
3
An order under this section does not come into force until there is no further possibility of it being varied, or set aside, on appeal (disregarding any power of a court to grant leave to appeal out of time).
4
Where a court makes an order under this section, it may also make such other provision as appears to it to be necessary for giving effect to the forfeiture, including, in particular, provision relating to the retention, handling, disposal or destruction of what is forfeited.
5
Provision made by virtue of subsection (4) may be varied at any time by the court that made it.
6
The power of forfeiture under this section is in addition to any power of forfeiture under section 23A.