Part 5Civil recovery of the proceeds etc. of unlawful conduct
Chapter 4General
Interpretation
314 Obtaining and disposing of property
(1)
References to a person disposing of his property include a reference—
(a)
to his disposing of a part of it, or
(b)
to his granting an interest in it,
(or to both); and references to the property disposed of are to any property obtained on the disposal.
(2)
A person who makes a payment to another is to be treated as making a disposal of his property to the other, whatever form the payment takes.
(3)
Where a person’s property passes to another under a will or intestacy or by operation of law, it is to be treated as disposed of by him to the other.
(4)
A person is only to be treated as having obtained his property for value in a case where he gave unexecuted consideration if the consideration has become executed consideration.