Rule 33.52 Applications for discharge or variation of receivership orders, and applications for other ordersI1

England and Wales

(1)

This rule applies to applications under section 62(3) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 for orders (by persons affected by the action of receivers) and applications under section 63(1) of the 2002 Act^f1 for the discharge or variation of orders relating to receivers.

(2)

The application must be made in writing and lodged with the Crown Court.

(3)

The application must be served on the following persons (except where they are the person making the application)—

(a)

the person who applied for appointment of the receiver;

(b)

the defendant;

(c)

any person who holds realisable property in respect of which the receiver has been appointed;

(d)

the receiver; and

(e)

any other person whom the applicant knows to be affected by the application,

at least 5 business days before the date fixed by the court for hearing the application, unless the Crown Court specifies a shorter period.

(4)

If the court makes an order for the discharge or variation of an order relating to a receiver under section 63(2) of the 2002 Act, the applicant must serve copies of the order on any persons whom he knows to be affected by the order.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Rule 33.52 in force at 6.10.2025, see Preamble

Footnotes

f1: 2002 c. 29; section 63(1) was amended by section 74(2) of, and paragraphs 1 and 30 of Schedule 8 to, the Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27).