C2C1C3C5C4C6C7C8Part 2Confiscation: England and Wales

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C6

Pt. 2: power to modify conferred (20.3.2015) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 47, 61(2); S.I. 2015/813, art. 2(b)

C8

Pt. 2 applied (12.2.2019 for specified purposes, 13.8.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(1)(g), Sch. 3 para. 33(5) (with s. 25(9)); S.I. 2020/792, reg. 2(g)

Reconsideration

25AF1Recovery from estate of deceased defendant impractical: discharge of order

1

This section applies if—

a

a court has made a confiscation order,

b

the defendant dies while the order is not satisfied, and

c

the designated officer for a magistrates' court applies to the Crown Court for the discharge of the order.

2

The court may discharge the order if it appears to the court that—

a

it is not possible to recover anything from the estate of the deceased for the purpose of satisfying the order to any extent, or

b

it would not be reasonable to make any attempt, or further attempt, to recover anything from the estate of the deceased for that purpose.