{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023/schedule-8/paragraph-31",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023/schedule-8/paragraph-31.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2023/56",
  "legislation_title": "Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/economic-crime-and-corporate-transparency-act-2023",
  "path": "schedule/8/paragraph/31",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "31",
  "heading": "Property held by persons subject to confiscation orders: destruction, realisation etc",
  "text": "(1) Section 131C (sections 131A and 131B: appeals) is amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1), for “131A” substitute “131A(3)”.\n(3) After subsection (1) insert—\n“(1A) If a sheriff decides not to make an order under section 131ZB(3) or 131AA(2), the prosecutor may appeal to the Court of Session.”\n(4) In subsection (2), for “131A” substitute “131ZB(3), 131A(3) or 131AA(2)”.\n(5) In subsection (3), for “131A(2)(a)” substitute “131ZB(2)(a), 131A(2)(a) or 131AA(2)(a) (as applicable)”.\n(6) In the heading, for “131A and” substitute “131ZB to”.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 31 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes, see s. 219(2)(b)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "Sch. 8 para. 31 in force at 31.3.2026 in so far as not already in force by S.S.I. 2025/304, reg. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/56/schedule/8/paragraph/31",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:49:37.581581+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."
}