PART 2Proceeds of Crime (Foreign Property and Foreign Orders)

CHAPTER 2England and Wales

Sending domestic restraint orders and certificates overseas7

1

If a certificate is made under regulation 6, the domestic restraint order and the certificate are to be forwarded by the prosecutor to—

a

a court exercising jurisdiction in the other member State where the property is situated, or

b

any authority recognised by the government of the other member State as the appropriate authority for receiving orders of that kind.

2

The domestic restraint order and the certificate must be accompanied by a domestic confiscation order, unless the certificate indicates when the Crown Court expects a domestic confiscation order to be sent.

3

The certificate must include a translation of it into an appropriate language of the other member State (if that language is not English).

4

The certificate must be signed by or on behalf of the Crown Court and must include a statement as to the accuracy of the information given in it.

5

The signature may be an electronic signature.

6

If the domestic restraint order and the certificate are not accompanied by a domestic confiscation order, but a domestic confiscation order is subsequently made, it is to be sent to the prosecutor for forwarding as mentioned in paragraph (1).