C2C1C3C5C4C6Part 2Confiscation: England and Wales

Annotations:

Restraint orders

I1C2C146C2C1 Hearsay evidence

1

Evidence must not be excluded in restraint proceedings on the ground that it is hearsay (of whatever degree).

2

Sections 2 to 4 of the Civil Evidence Act 1995 (c. 38) apply in relation to restraint proceedings as those sections apply in relation to civil proceedings.

3

Restraint proceedings are proceedings—

a

for a restraint order;

b

for the discharge or variation of a restraint order;

c

on an appeal under section 43 or 44.

4

Hearsay is a statement which is made otherwise than by a person while giving oral evidence in the proceedings and which is tendered as evidence of the matters stated.

5

Nothing in this section affects the admissibility of evidence which is admissible apart from this section.