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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-196",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/196",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "196",
  "heading": "Appointment",
  "text": "(1) Subsection (2) applies if—\n(a) the High Court makes a restraint order, and\n(b) the applicant for the restraint order applies to the court to proceed under subsection (2) (whether as part of the application for the restraint order or at any time afterwards).\n(2) The High Court may by order appoint a receiver in respect of any realisable property to which the restraint order applies.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Pt. 4 applied by S.I. 1989/1341 (N.I. 12), arts. 57(5B), 59(8B) (as substituted (24.3.2003) by Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29), Supreme Court s. 458(1), Sch. 11 para. 19(2)(3); S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch.)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Pt. 4 functions of receiver 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)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 196 in force at 24.3.2003 by S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch."
    }
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    {
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      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    },
    {
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      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/196",
    "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."
}