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Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

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Changes over time for: Section 131D

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Version Superseded: 26/10/2023

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[F1131DProceeds of realisationS

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(1)This section applies to sums which—

(a)are in the hands of an appropriate officer, and

(b)are the proceeds of the realisation of property under section 131A.

(2)The sums must be applied as follows—

(a)first, they must be applied in payment of such expenses incurred by a person acting as an insolvency practitioner as are payable under this subsection by virtue of section 432;

(b)second, they must be applied in making any payments directed by the sheriff;

(c)third, they must be paid to the appropriate clerk of court on account of the amount payable under the confiscation order.

(3)If the amount payable under the confiscation order has been fully paid and any sums remain in the appropriate officer's hands, the appropriate officer must distribute them—

(a)among such persons who held (or hold) interests in the property represented by the proceeds as the sheriff directs, and

(b)in such proportions as the sheriff directs.

(4)Before making a direction under subsection (3) the sheriff must give persons who held (or hold) interests in the property a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the sheriff.

(5)In this section—

(a)appropriate officer” has the same meaning as in section 120A;

(b)appropriate clerk of court” means the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court responsible for enforcing the confiscation order under section 211 of the Procedure Act as applied by section 118(1).]

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)

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