Paragraph 14

delete “and where no application for forfeiture has been made to and is under consideration by a court”;

after the first sentence, insert “But this does not apply where an application for forteiture had been made and not concluded, where an application has been made under paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to the Act by a person who claims to be a victim and not concluded or where criminal proceedings have been commenced in connection with the cash and not concluded, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere.”;

delete “(although authorised officers should bear in mind that, notwithstanding the lack of any forfeiture proceedings, the cash cannot be released while other proceedings, whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, which relate to the cash have not been concluded)”;

after “detained cash is”, insert “ to be”; and

for “has been released”, substitute “is to be released”.