{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-15C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-15C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/15C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "15C",
  "heading": "Early resolution hearing",
  "text": "(1) Following an EROC meeting, the court must hold an EROC hearing if—\n(a) the prosecutor and defendant did not reach agreement as mentioned in section 15B(3)(a), or\n(b) the prosecutor and defendant did reach agreement, but the court decided not to make a confiscation order under section 6 requiring the defendant to pay the amount agreed.\n(2) An “EROC hearing” is a hearing for the court to consider the next steps in the section 6 proceedings.\n(3) In this section “EROC meeting” has the meaning given by section 15B.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 15B, 15C inserted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), s. 255(1), Sch. 21 para. 15(3); S.I. 2026/689, reg. 2(1)(z12)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/15C",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:19.387180+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."
}