# Crime and Policing Act 2026, Paragraph 9: Benefit

Extent: E+W

(1) The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 76 (conduct and benefit), after subsection (7) insert—
“(8) But in a case where—
(a) the person—
(i) intended to have only a limited power to control or dispose of all or part of the property,
(ii) held the property temporarily, or
(iii) is treated as obtaining the property as a result of section 84(3), and
(b) the court believes that the amount found under subsection (7) in relation to the property would produce a result that would be unjust,
the court may reduce that amount to such amount (including zero) as the court believes is just.”
(3) In section 84 (property: general provisions)—
(a) in subsection (2)(b), at the end insert “(and see subsection (3))”;
(b) after subsection (2) insert—
“(3) If, as a result of or in connection with conduct, a person keeps property that the person already has, where the court believes it just to do so the person is to be treated as obtaining the property as a result of or in connection with the conduct.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/21/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-21/paragraph-9
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