PART 1Proceeds of crime
CHAPTER 1England and Wales
Confiscation: other amendments
I18Variation or discharge
1
In section 23 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (inadequacy of available amount: variation of confiscation order), in subsection (1)(b), after “the defendant” insert “
or the prosecutor
”
.
2
After section 25 of that Act insert—
25ARecovery from estate of deceased defendant impractical: discharge of order
1
This section applies if—
a
a court has made a confiscation order,
b
the defendant dies while the order is not satisfied, and
c
the designated officer for a magistrates' court applies to the Crown Court for the discharge of the order.
2
The court may discharge the order if it appears to the court that—
a
it is not possible to recover anything from the estate of the deceased for the purpose of satisfying the order to any extent, or
b
it would not be reasonable to make any attempt, or further attempt, to recover anything from the estate of the deceased for that purpose.
3
Section 25A of that Act (inserted by subsection (2) above) applies to—
F1za
a confiscation order made under the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986,
a
a confiscation order made under Part 6 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988, or
b
a confiscation order made under the Drug Trafficking Act 1994,
as it applies to a confiscation order made under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002.