{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-141R",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-141R.json",
  "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/141R",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "141R",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In this Part—\n“dealing” with property includes disposing of it, taking possession of it or removing it from the jurisdiction,\n“enforcement authority”—\n(a)in relation to England and Wales, means the National Crime Agency, the Director of Public Prosecutions ... or the Director of the Serious Fraud Office,\n(b)in relation to Northern Ireland, means the National Crime Agency, the Director of the Serious Fraud Office or the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland,\n“interest”, in relation to land means any legal estate and any equitable interest or power,\n“interest”, in relation to property other than land, includes any right (including a right to possession of the property),\n“part”, in relation to property, includes a portion,\n“premises” has the same meaning as in the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984,\n“prohibition order” has the meaning given by article 141D,\n“value” means market value.\n(2) The following provisions apply for the purposes of this Part.\n(3) References to a person disposing of their property include a reference—\n(a) to them disposing of a part of it, or\n(b) to them granting an interest in it,\n(or to both); and references to the property disposed of are to any property obtained on the disposal.\n(4) A person who makes a payment to another is to be treated as making a disposal of their property to the other, whatever form the payment takes.\n(5) Where a person’s property passes to another under a will or intestacy or by operation of law, it is to be treated as disposed of by them to the other.\n(6) A person is only to be treated as having obtained their property for value in a case where they gave unexecuted consideration if the consideration has become executed consideration.\n(7) In relation to a prohibition order references to the enforcement authority are, unless the context otherwise requires, references to the enforcement authority which is seeking, or (as the case may be) has obtained, the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pts. 4A, 4B inserted (11.11.2013) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2604), arts. 1(1), 3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in art. 141R(1) omitted (27.3.2014) by virtue of The Public Bodies (Merger of the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Director of Revenue and Customs Prosecutions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/834), art. 1(1), Sch. 3 para. 18"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1988 c. 33."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3181/article/141R",
    "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."
}