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(1)This section applies to cryptoassets which are held by a person and which have been seized by an appropriate officer under a relevant seizure power.
(2)The sheriff may by order authorise an appropriate officer to destroy the cryptoassets if—
(a)a confiscation order is made against the person by whom the cryptoassets are held,
(b)an administrator has not been appointed under section 128 in relation to the cryptoassets, and
(c)either—
(i)it is not reasonably practicable to realise the cryptoassets, or
(ii)there are reasonable grounds to believe that the realisation of the cryptoassets would be contrary to the public interest, having regard in particular to how likely it is that the entry of the cryptoassets into general circulation would facilitate criminal conduct by any person.
(3)An order under this section may be made—
(a)on the application of the prosecutor, or
(b)by the sheriff of the sheriff’s own accord.
(4)An order under this section—
(a)must set out the sheriff’s assessment of the market value of the cryptoassets to which it relates;
(b)may authorise the destruction of cryptoassets only to the extent that their market value, as set out in the order, is less than or equal to the amount remaining to be paid under the confiscation order.
(5)Before making an order under this section, the sheriff must give persons who hold interests in the cryptoassets a reasonable opportunity to make representations to it.
(6)If cryptoassets held by a person are destroyed following an order under this section, the person is to be treated as having paid, towards satisfaction of the confiscation order, an amount equal to the market value, as set out in the order, of the cryptoassets which have been destroyed.
(7)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)
F2S. 131AA inserted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(2)(b)(4)(a), Sch. 8 para. 30
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