{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-amendment-order-2016/article-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-amendment-order-2016/article-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2016/662",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2016",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-amendment-order-2016",
  "path": "article/14",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Insertion of articles 70A and 70B",
  "text": "After article 70 (appeal about external orders), insert—\n“Orders for securing compliance with external order\n70A. (1) This article applies where the court registers an external order.\n(2) The court may make such order in relation to the registered person as it believes is appropriate for the purpose of ensuring that the external order is effective (a “compliance order”).\n(3) The court must consider whether to make a compliance order—\n(a) when it registers the external order; and\n(b) if it does not make a compliance order then, at any later time (while the registration of the external order is still in effect) on an application made by the Lord Advocate.\n(4) The court may recall or vary a compliance order on an application made by—\n(a) the Lord Advocate;\n(b) the registered person.\n(5) In this article and article 70B “registered person” means the person named in the external order which has been registered by the court.\nAppeal against orders under article 70A\n70B. (1) If on an application under article 70A(3)(b) the court decides not to make a compliance order, the Lord Advocate may reclaim against the decision.\n(2) The following persons may reclaim in respect of the court’s decision to make, recall or vary a compliance order—\n(a) the Lord Advocate;\n(b) the registered person.\n(3) On a reclaiming motion under paragraph (1) or (2) the court may—\n(a) confirm or set aside the decision; or\n(b) make such order as it believes is appropriate.\n(4) In this article “compliance order” means an order made under article 70A.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/662/article/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:22:40.331411+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."
}