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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-amendment-order-2015/article-34",
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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/34",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Insertion of articles 141NA and 141NB",
  "text": "After article 141N (compensation) insert—\n“Legal expenses excluded from prohibition: required conditions\n141NA. (1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations specify the required conditions for the purposes of article 141G(4A).\n(2) A required condition may (in particular)—\n(a) restrict who may receive sums released in pursuance of the exclusion (by, for example, requiring released sums to be paid to professional legal advisers), or\n(b) be made for the purpose of controlling the amount of any sum released in pursuance of the exclusion in respect of an item of expenditure.\n(3) A required condition made for the purpose mentioned in paragraph (2)(b) may (for example)—\n(a) provide for sums to be released only with the agreement of the enforcement authority;\n(b) provide for a sum to be released in respect of an item of expenditure only if the court has assessed the amount allowed by regulations under article 141NB in respect of that item and the sum is released for payment of the assessed amount;\n(c) provide for a sum to be released in respect of an item of expenditure only if—\n(i) the enforcement authority agrees to its release, or\n(ii) the court has assessed the amount allowed by regulations under article 141NB in respect of that item and the sum is released for payment of the assessed amount.\n(4) Before making regulations under this article, the Lord Chancellor must consult such persons as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate.\nLegal expenses: regulations for purposes of article 141G(4A)\n141NB. (1) The Lord Chancellor may by regulations make provision for the purposes of required conditions that make provision of the kind mentioned in article 141NA(3)(b) or (c).\n(2) Regulations under this article may (in particular)—\n(a) limit the amount of remuneration allowable to representatives for a unit of time worked;\n(b) limit the total amount of remuneration allowable to representatives for work done in connection with proceedings or a step in proceedings;\n(c) limit the amount allowable in respect of an item of expense incurred by a representative or incurred, otherwise than in respect of the remuneration of a representative, by a party to proceedings.\n(3) Before making regulations under this article, the Lord Chancellor must consult such persons as the Lord Chancellor considers appropriate.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Article 141N 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/34",
    "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."
}