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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-amendment-order-2015/article-33",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1750",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-amendment-order-2015",
  "path": "article/33",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "33",
  "heading": "Amendment of article 141G (exclusions)",
  "text": "In article 141G (exclusions), after paragraph (4) insert—\n“(4A) Where the court exercises the power to make an exclusion for the purpose of enabling a person to meet legal expenses that the person has incurred, or may incur, in respect of proceedings under this Part, it must ensure that the exclusion—\n(a) is limited to reasonable legal expenses that the person has reasonably incurred or reasonably incurs;\n(b) specifies the total amount that may be released for legal expenses in pursuance of the exclusion; and\n(c) is made subject to the required conditions (see article 198) in addition to any conditions imposed under paragraph (4).\n(4B) The court, in deciding whether to make an exclusion for the purpose of enabling a person to meet their legal expenses in respect of proceedings under this Part—\n(a) must have regard (in particular) to the desirability of the person being represented in any proceedings under this Part in which the person is a participant; and\n(b) must, where the person is the respondent, disregard the possibility that legal representation of the person in any such proceedings might, were an exclusion not made, be made available under arrangements made for the purposes of Part 1 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Article 141G was inserted by S.I. 2013/2604."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1750/article/33",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:31:47.943134+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."
}