Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

[F1282CEnforcement abroad before recovery order: receiver or administratorU.K.
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(1)This section applies if—

(a)a property freezing order F2... has effect in relation to property, and

(b)the receiver appointed under section 245E in respect of the property believes that it is in a country outside the United Kingdom (the receiving country).

(2)This section also applies if—

(a)an interim receiving order F3... or an interim administration order has effect in relation to property, and

(b)the interim receiver or interim administrator believes that the property is in a country outside the United Kingdom (the receiving country).

(3)The receiver or administrator may send a request for assistance in relation to the property to the Secretary of State with a view to it being forwarded under this section.

(4)The Secretary of State must forward the request for assistance to the government of the receiving country.

(5)A request for assistance under this section is a request to the government of the receiving country—

(a)to secure that any person is prohibited from dealing with the property;

(b)for assistance in connection with the management of the property, including with securing its detention, custody or preservation.]

Textual Amendments

F1Ss. 282B-282F and cross-heading inserted (retrospectively) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 48(7), 61(11)(d), Sch. 18 para. 6 (with s. 48(8), Sch. 25); this insertion 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)