{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-48A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-48A.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/48A",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "48A",
  "heading": "Seized personal property",
  "text": "(1) This article applies to personal property which is held by a person and which—\n(a) has been seized by an appropriate officer under a relevant seizure power; or\n(b) has been produced to an appropriate officer in compliance with a production order under—\n(i) article 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2013; or\n(ii) article 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2014.\n(2) A magistrates’ court may by order authorise an appropriate officer to realise the property if—\n(a) an external order is made against the person by whom the property is held; and\n(b) a receiver has not been appointed under article 27 (appointment of enforcement receivers) in relation to the property.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ch. 3A inserted (30.11.2015) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1750), arts. 1(2), 17"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3181/article/48A",
    "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."
}