{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-86D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-requests-and-orders-order-2005/article-86D.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/86D",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "86D",
  "heading": "Proceeds of realisation",
  "text": "(1) This article applies to sums which—\n(a) are in the hands of an appropriate officer; and\n(b) are the proceeds of the realisation of property under article 86A.\n(2) The sums must be applied as follows—\n(a) first, they must be applied in payment of such expenses incurred by a person acting as an insolvency practitioner as are payable under this paragraph by virtue of article 3;\n(b) second, they must be applied in making any payments directed by the sheriff;\n(c) third, they must be paid to the appropriate clerk of court on account of the amount payable under the external order.\n(3) If the amount payable under the external order has been fully paid and any sums remain in the appropriate officer’s hands, the appropriate officer must distribute them—\n(a) among such persons who held (or hold) interests in the property represented by the proceeds as the sheriff directs; and\n(b) in such proportions as the sheriff directs.\n(4) Before making a direction under paragraph (3) the sheriff must give persons who held (or hold) interests in the property a reasonable opportunity to make representations to the sheriff.\n(5) The appropriate clerk of court is the sheriff clerk appointed under article 69(1).",
  "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), 28"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/3181/article/86D",
    "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."
}