Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

[F1131ASeized personal propertyS

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(1)This section applies to moveable property which is held by a person and which—

(a)has been seized by an appropriate officer under a relevant seizure power, or

(b)has been produced to an appropriate officer in compliance with a production order under section 380.

(2)This section applies if the following conditions are satisfied—

(a)a confiscation order is made against the person by whom the property is held;

(b)an administrator has not been appointed under section 128 in relation to the property;

(c)any period allowed under section 116 for payment of the amount ordered to be paid under the confiscation order has ended.

(3)In such a case the sheriff may by order authorise an appropriate officer to realise the property.

(4)In this section “appropriate officer” and “relevant seizure power” have the same meaning as in section 120A.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 131A-131D and cross-heading inserted (1.6.2015) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 59(2), 116(1); S.I. 2015/983, art. 2(2)(a)