Conditions for Crown Court to give effect to request
4.—(1) On an application by a relevant Director, the Crown Court may exercise the powers conferred by article 5 if the following conditions are satisfied.
(2) The conditions are that—
(a)relevant property in England and Wales is identified in the request;
(b)a criminal investigation or proceedings for an offence have been started in the country from which the request was made, and
(c)it appears to the court that there are reasonable grounds for believing that as a result of that investigation or those proceedings an external forfeiture order may be made against the person named in the request.
(3) If these conditions are satisfied by virtue of a criminal investigation having been started, references in this Order to the defendant are to the alleged offender.