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PART 33CONFISCATION AND RELATED PROCEEDINGS

RESTRAINT AND RECEIVERSHIP PROCEEDINGS: RULES THAT APPLY GENERALLY

Disclosure of documents in criminal proceedings

33.45.—(1) This rule applies where—

(a)proceedings for an offence have been started in the Crown Court and the defendant has not been either convicted or acquitted on all counts; and

(b)an application for a restraint order under section 42(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 has been made.

(2) The judge presiding at the proceedings for the offence may be supplied from the records of the Crown Court with documents relating to restraint proceedings and any receivership proceedings.

(3) Such documents must not otherwise be disclosed in the proceedings for the offence.