Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

[F1 6 (1) There is a connection where the property in question is property held on trust, or an interest in property held on trust, and— U.K.

(a) the trust arises under the law of any part of the United Kingdom,

(b) the trust is entirely or partly governed by the law of any part of the United Kingdom,

(c) one or more of the trustees is linked to the relevant part of the United Kingdom, or

(d) one or more of the beneficiaries of the trust is linked to the relevant part of the United Kingdom.

(2) A person is linked to the relevant part of the United Kingdom if the person falls within paragraph 5(3).

(3) “Beneficiaries” includes beneficiaries with a contingent interest in the trust property and potential beneficiaries.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 7A inserted (retrospectively) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 48(3)(7), 61(11)(c) (with s. 48(8), Sch. 25) and extended to N.I. (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 7(a)