{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-22/paragraph-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026/schedule-22/paragraph-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2026/20",
  "legislation_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/crime-and-policing-act-2026",
  "path": "schedule/22/paragraph/18",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Power to compel defendant to attend court at any stage of enforcement proceedings",
  "text": "After section 185A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 insert—\n“Power to compel defendant to attend court for enforcement purposes\n185B (1) This section applies if a court has made a confiscation order.\n(2) The Crown Court may, for any purpose in connection with the enforcement of the order—\n(a) issue a summons requiring the defendant to appear before the court at the time and place appointed in the summons, or\n(b) issue a warrant to arrest the defendant and bring them before the court.\n(3) On the failure of the defendant to appear before the Crown Court in answer to a summons issued under subsection (2)(a), the court may issue a warrant to arrest them and bring them before the court.\n(4) A magistrates’ court may, for any purpose in connection with exercising its powers under section 215, 215ZA, 215A or 215AA—\n(a) issue a summons requiring the defendant to appear before the court at the time and place appointed in the summons, or\n(b) issue a warrant to arrest the defendant and bring them before the court.\n(5) On the failure of the defendant to appear before the court in answer to a summons issued under subsection (4)(a), the court may issue a warrant to arrest them and bring them before the court.”",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 22 para. 18 not in force at Royal Assent, see s. 255(8)(m)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2026/20/schedule/22/paragraph/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-07T03:35:03.708512+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}