Satisfaction of confiscation order in a designated country8
1
Where—
a
a confiscation order has been made under section 2 of the Act; and
b
a request has been sent by the Secretary of State to the appropriate authority of a designated country for assistance in enforcing that order; and
c
in execution of that request property is recovered in that country, the amount payable under the confiscation order shall be treated as reduced by the value of the property so recovered.
2
For the purposes of this article, and without prejudice to the admissibility of any evidence which may be admissible apart from this paragraph, a certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the appropriate authority of a designated country stating that property has been recovered there in execution of a request by the Secretary of State, stating the value of the property so recovered and the date on which it was recovered shall, in any proceedings in a court in England and Wales, be admissible as evidence of the facts so stated.