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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-112",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2005/3181",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005",
  "path": "article/112",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "112",
  "heading": "Time for payment",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where the external order is for the recovery of a specified sum of money.\n(2) Subject to paragraphs (2A) to (6), the full amount ordered to be paid under—\n(a) an external order that has been registered under article 108, or\n(b) where article 111(2) applies, the notice under article 108(1)(b),\nmust be paid on the date on which the notice under article 108(1)(b) is delivered to the person affected by it.\n(2A) If the Crown Court which registered the external order is satisfied that the person affected by the external order is unable to pay the full amount on the date mentioned in paragraph (2), it may make an order requiring whatever cannot be paid on that date to be paid—\n(a) in a specified period; or\n(b) in specified periods each of which relates to a specified amount.\n(2B) A specified period—\n(a) must start with the date mentioned in paragraph (2); and\n(b) must not exceed three months.\n(2C) The court may make an order extending the period (for all or any part or parts of the amount in question) if—\n(a) within any specified period the person affected by the external order applies to the Crown Court for that period to be extended; and\n(b) the court is satisfied that, despite having made all reasonable efforts, the person is unable to pay the amount to which the specified period relates within that period.\n(2D) An extended period—\n(a) must start with the date mentioned in paragraph (2); and\n(b) must not exceed six months.\n(2E) An order under paragraph (2C)—\n(a) may be made after the end of the specified period to which it relates; but\n(b) must not be made after the end of the period of six months starting with the date mentioned in paragraph (2).\n(2F) Periods specified or extended under this article must be such that, where the court believes that the person affected by the external order will by a particular day be able—\n(a) to pay the amount remaining to be paid; or\n(b) to pay an amount towards what remains to be paid,\nthat amount is required to be paid no later than that day.\n(2G) The court must not make an order under paragraph (2A) or (2C) unless it gives the relevant Director an opportunity to make representations.\n(3) Where there is an appeal under article 109 or 110 and a sum falls to be paid when the appeal has been determined or withdrawn, the duty to pay is delayed until the day on which the appeal is determined or withdrawn.\n(4) If the person affected by an external order which has been registered shows that he needs time to pay the amount ordered to be paid, the Crown Court which registered the order may make an order allowing payment to be made in a specified period.\n(5) The specified period—\n(a) must start with the day on which the notice under 108(1)(b) was delivered to the person affected by the order or the day referred to in paragraph (3), as the case may be, and\n(b) must not exceed six months.\n(6) If within the specified period the person affected by an external order applies to the Crown Court which registered the order for the period to be extended and the court believes that there are exceptional circumstances, it may make an order extending the period.\n(7) The extended period—\n(a) must start with the day on which the notice under article 108(1)(b) was delivered to the person affected by it or the day referred to in paragraph (3), as the case may be, and\n(b) must not exceed 12 months.\n(8) An order under paragraph (6)—\n(a) may be made after the end of the specified period, but\n(b) must not be made after the end of the extended period.\n(9) The court must not make an order under paragraph (4) or (6) unless it gives the relevant Director an opportunity to make representations.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in art. 112(2) substituted (11.8.2016) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/662), arts. 1, 29(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 112(2A)-(2G) inserted (11.8.2016) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/662), arts. 1, 29(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 112 in force at 1.1.2006, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3181/article/112",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:45:32.650973+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."
}