C8C9C4C2C10C5C7C11C6C1C12Part 2Confiscation: England and Wales

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5

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)

C11

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)

Interpretation

I1C8C988C8C9C7 Other interpretative provisions

1

A reference to the offence (or offences) concerned must be construed in accordance with section 6(9).

2

A criminal investigation is an investigation which police officers or other persons have a duty to conduct with a view to it being ascertained whether a person should be charged with an offence.

3

A defendant is a person against whom proceedings for an offence have been started (whether or not he has been convicted).

4

A reference to sentencing the defendant for an offence includes a reference to dealing with him otherwise in respect of the offence.

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6

The following paragraphs apply to references to orders—

a

a confiscation order is an order under section 6;

b

a restraint order is an order under section 41.

7

Sections 75 to 87 and this section apply for the purposes of this Part.