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Paragraph 1 Application for order

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

  • Sch. 5 para. 1(1)(a) (b) and word(s) substituted for word(s) by Courts Act 2003 Sch. 4 para. 14
  • Sch. 5 para. 8(a)(b) and word(s) substituted for word(s) by Courts Act 2003 Sch. 4 para. 14
(1)

An order under this Part of this Schedule may be made by a Circuit judge or, in Northern Ireland, a county court judge on an application made in pursuance of a direction by the Secretary of State under section 37(1) (investigation of proceeds of ICC crime).

(2)

Any such application—

(a)

in England and Wales, may be made without notice and may be granted without a hearing; and

(b)

in Northern Ireland, may be made on an ex parte application to a judge in chambers.