# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 18: Enforcement plans

Extent: E+W
Status: prospective

(1) The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is amended as follows.
(2) After section 13 insert—
“Measures to promote effectiveness of confiscation orders
Enforcement plans
13ZA (1) This section applies where a court makes a confiscation order.
(2) On making the confiscation order, the court must also prepare an enforcement plan for the order if—
(a) there are reasonable grounds to believe that the defendant might default on the confiscation order for any reason, or
(b) the court otherwise believes it is appropriate to do so for the purpose of ensuring that the confiscation order is effective.
(3) An enforcement plan for a confiscation order is a document setting out drafts of one or more orders that the court considers the enforcing court could make in the event that the defendant defaults on the confiscation order.
(For the meaning of “the enforcing court” see section 35D.)
(4) For the purposes of this section and section 13ZB—
(a) the defendant defaults on a confiscation order if the defendant fails to pay the amount required to be paid under the order on or before the due date;
(b) the “due date”, in relation to a confiscation order, means—
(i) in a case where no period is specified under section 11(2), the day on which the confiscation order is made, or
(ii) in a case where one or more periods is so specified, the final day of the specified period that ends last (including any such period as extended under section 11(4)).
(5) Where the court making the confiscation order is the Court of Appeal (see section 67E(5)(b)(i) (appeals)), on making the order the Court of Appeal may direct that the Crown Court is to carry out the duties under this section as if the Crown Court had made the order.
Enforcement plan: initial enforcement hearing
13ZB (1) This section applies where an enforcement plan is prepared for a confiscation order.
(2) The enforcing court must set a date for a hearing to take place in the event that the defendant defaults on the confiscation order, and that date must be the first date then available to the court after the due date.
(See section 35D for the meaning of “the enforcing court” and section 35F for provision about this hearing.)
(3) If an order is made under section 11(4) as a result of which the due date in relation to the confiscation order changes, the enforcing court must reset the date for the hearing to the first date then available to the enforcing court after the new due date.
(4) If the enforcing court is a magistrates’ court, the duties under this section are to be carried out by the magistrates’ court mentioned in section 35J(2).”
(3) In section 13A (compliance orders), in subsection (1) at the end insert “(whether or not the court also prepares an enforcement plan under section 13ZA)”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/21/paragraph/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-21/paragraph-18
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