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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005-part-5b-rules-2019/article-14",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2019/1369",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts (Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005, Part 5B) Rules 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005-part-5b-rules-2019",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Transfer of proceedings",
  "text": "(1) Any person who is a party to, or affected by, proceedings under Part 5B of the Order may, at any time, make an application to the court dealing with the matter for the proceedings to be transferred to a different magistrates' court.\n(2) Any such application must be made in writing and sent to the court in which the proceedings are being dealt with and must specify the grounds on which it is made.\n(3) The court must send a copy of the application to the parties to the proceedings and any other person affected by the proceedings.\n(4) The court must fix a date for the hearing of the application, which, unless directed otherwise, shall not be earlier than seven days from the date on which it is fixed, and must notify the date to the application and every person to whom a copy of the application is required to be sent under paragraph (3).\n(5) The court may grant the application if it is satisfied that it would be more convenient or fairer for proceedings to be transferred to a different court.\n(6) If the application is granted—\n(a) the court must give a copy of the order to the parties to the proceedings and any other person affected by the proceedings;\n(b) the court must send all relevant papers to the court to which proceedings are transferred;\n(c) any further proceedings under Part 5B of the Order in respect of the property to which the proceedings relate shall be dealt with in the court to which proceedings are transferred;\n(d) any requirement under these Rules to make or send an application to the court shall be read as a requirement to make or send an application to the court to which proceedings are transferred.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Rule 14 in force at 12.11.2019, see rule 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1369/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:36:26.831076+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."
}