{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-71",
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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/71",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "71",
  "heading": "Sums in currency other than sterling",
  "text": "(1) This article applies where the external order which is registered under article 69 specifies a sum of money.\n(2) If the sum of money which is specified is expressed in a currency other than sterling, the sum of money to be recovered is to be taken to be the sterling equivalent calculated in accordance with the rate of exchange prevailing at the end of the working day immediately preceding the day when the court registered the external order under article 69.\n(3) The sterling equivalent must be calculated by the Lord Advocate.\n(4) The notice referred to in article 69(1)(b) and (7) must set out the amount in sterling which is to be paid.\n(5) In this article “working day” means any day other than—\n(a) a Saturday or Sunday;\n(b) Christmas Day; or\n(c) Good Friday;\n(d) any day that is a bank holiday in Scotland under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 71 in force at 1.1.2006, see art. 1"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1971 c. 80."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3181/article/71",
    "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."
}