Section 120A Restraint orders: power to retain seized property etc.F1

Scotland

(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 section 380.

(2)

Provision under subsection (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.

(3)

“Appropriate officer” means—

(a)

a constable;

(b)

an officer of Revenue and Customs;

(F2ba)

an immigration officer;

(F3c)

a National Crime Agency officer;

(4)

“Relevant seizure power” means a power to seize property conferred by or by virtue of—

(a)

section 127C or 387,

(b)

a warrant granted under any other enactment or any rule of law, or

(c)

any other enactment, or any rule of law, under which the authority of a warrant is not required.

Annotations

F1: S. 120A inserted (1.6.2015) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 53(2), 116(1); S.I. 2015/983, art. 2(2)(a)
F2: S. 120A(3)(ba) inserted (22.11.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), Sch. 21 para. 20 (with Sch. 21 para. 40); S.I. 2014/3098, art. 2(e)
F3: S. 120A(3)(c) substituted (7.10.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(2), Sch. 8 para. 115; S.I. 2013/1682, art. 3(v)

C1: Pt. 3 functions of administrator extended (24.2.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Enforcement in different parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/3133), arts. 1, 4(1)(a)
C2: Pt. 3 applied by Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11), Sch. 8 paras. 17(4A), 34(3A) (as substituted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), s. 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 39(4)(5); S.S.I. 2003/210, art. 2(1)(b)(2), sch. (with art. 7); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.
C3: Pt. 3 applied (3.12.2014) by The Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3141), reg. 1(b), Sch. 1 para. 6(5)
C4: Pt. 3 applied (3.12.2014) by The Criminal Justice and Data Protection (Protocol No. 36) Regulations 2014 (S.I. 2014/3141), reg. 1(b), Sch. 1 para. 11(5)
C5: Pt. 3 applied (12.2.2019 for specified purposes, 13.8.2020 in so far as not already in force) by Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 (c. 3), s. 27(1)(g), Sch. 3 para. 39(6) (with s. 25(9)); S.I. 2020/792, reg. 2(g)
C6: Pt. 3 applied (20.12.2023) by National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), s. 100(1), Sch. 6 para. 16(5) (with s. 97); S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)
C7: Pt. 3 applied (20.12.2023) by National Security Act 2023 (c. 32), s. 100(1), Sch. 6 para. 42(4) (with s. 97); S.I. 2023/1272, reg. 2(a)