{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-215C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-215C.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/215C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "215C",
  "heading": "Sections 215ZA to 215B: appeals",
  "text": "(1) If a magistrates' court decides not to make an order under section 215ZA(3), 215A(3) or 215AA(2), an appropriate officer may appeal to a county court.\n(2) If a magistrates' court makes an order under section 215ZA(3), 215A(3) or 215AA(2), a person affected by the order may appeal to a county court.\n(3) But the person mentioned in section 215ZA(2)(a), 215A(2)(a) or 215AA(2)(a) (as applicable) may not appeal.\n(4) An appropriate officer may appeal to a county court against—\n(a) a determination made by a magistrates' court under section 215B;\n(b) a decision by a magistrates' court not to make a determination under that section.\n(5) In this section “appropriate officer” has the same meaning as in section 190A.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 215A-215D inserted (1.3.2016) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), ss. 60(2), 116(1); S.I. 2016/147, art. 3(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 215C(1) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 26.4.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(2)(b)(5)(a), Sch. 8 para. 50(2); S.R. 2024/82, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 215C(2) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 26.4.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(2)(b)(5)(a), Sch. 8 para. 50(3); S.R. 2024/82, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 215C(3) substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 26.4.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(2)(b)(5)(a), Sch. 8 para. 50(4); S.R. 2024/82, art. 2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 215C heading substituted (26.10.2023 for specified purposes, 26.4.2024 in so far as not already in force) by Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 (c. 56), s. 219(2)(b)(5)(a), Sch. 8 para. 50(5); S.R. 2024/82, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "omitted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2026/20",
      "affecting_title": "Crime and Policing Act 2026"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/215C",
    "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."
}