{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-282A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-282A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/282A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "282A",
  "heading": "Scope of powers",
  "text": "(1) An order under this Chapter may be made by the High Court ... or the Court of Session—\n(a) in respect of property wherever situated, and\n(b) in respect of a person wherever domiciled, resident or present,\nsubject to subsection (2).\n(2) Such an order may not be made by the High Court ... or the Court of Session in respect of—\n(a) property that is outside the United Kingdom, or\n(b) property that is in the United Kingdom but outside the relevant part of the United Kingdom,\nunless there is or has been a connection between the case and the relevant part of the United Kingdom.\n(3) The circumstances in which there is or has been such a connection include those described in Schedule 7A.\n(4) “The relevant part of the United Kingdom” means—\n(a) in relation to an order made by the High Court in England and Wales, England and Wales, ...\n(b) in relation to an order made by the Court of Session, Scotland., and\n(c) in relation to an order made by the High Court in Northern Ireland, Northern Ireland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+NI",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 282A and cross-heading inserted (retrospectively) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 48(2)(7), 61(11)(c) (with s. 48(8), Sch. 25); this insertion extended to N.I. (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 7(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 282A(1) omitted (retrospective to 20.3.2015) by virtue of The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 8(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 282A(2) omitted (retrospective to 20.3.2015) by virtue of The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 8(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 282A(4)(a) omitted (retrospective to 20.3.2015) by virtue of The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 8(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 282A(4)(c) and word inserted (retrospective to 20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 8(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 282A: power to modify conferred (25.4.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(11)(f), Sch. 25 para. 4(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/282A",
    "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."
}