4(1)A notice of claim must be given—U.K.
(a)within one month of the day of the giving of the notice of intended forfeiture, or
(b)if no such notice has been given, within one month of the date of the seizure of the property.
(2)A notice of claim must specify—
(a)the name and address of the claimant, and
(b)in the case of a claimant who is outside the United Kingdom, the name and address of a solicitor in the United Kingdom who is authorised to accept service of process and to act on behalf of the claimant.
(3)Service of process upon a solicitor so specified is to be taken to be proper service upon the claimant.
(4)In a case in which notice of intended forfeiture was given to different persons on different days, the reference in this paragraph to the day on which that notice was given is a reference—
(a)in relation to a person to whom notice of intended forfeiture was given, to the day on which that notice was given to that person, and
(b)in relation to any other person, to the day on which notice of intended forfeiture was given to the last person to be given such a notice.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 18 para. 4 in force at 12.1.2010 by S.I. 2009/3345, art. 2, Sch. para. 22