Article 58A Restraint orders: power to retain seized property etc.F1

(1)

A restraint order may include provision authorising the detention of any property to which it applies if the property—

(a)

is seized by an appropriate officer under a relevant seizure power; or

(b)

is produced to an appropriate officer in compliance with a production order under—

(i)

article 40 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2013; or

(ii)

article 6 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) (Scotland) Order 2015.

(2)

Provision under paragraph (1) may, in particular—

(a)

relate to specified property, to property of a specified description or to all property to which the restraint order applies;

(b)

relate to property that has already been seized or produced or to property that may be seized or produced in future.

Annotations

F1: Art. 58A 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), 22