{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-421",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-421.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/421",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "421",
  "heading": "Restriction of powers",
  "text": "(1) If an award of sequestration is made in Scotland the powers referred to in subsection (2) must not be exercised in relation to the property referred to in subsection (3).\n(2) These are the powers—\n(a) the powers conferred on a court by sections 41 to 67B, the powers conferred on an appropriate officer by section 47C and the powers of a receiver appointed under section 48 or 50 ;\n(b) the powers conferred on a court by sections 120 to 136 and Schedule 3 , the powers conferred on an appropriate officer by section 127C and the powers of an administrator appointed under section 125 or 128(3);\n(c) the powers conferred on a court by sections 190 to 215B, the powers conferred on an appropriate officer by section 195C and the powers of a receiver appointed under section 196 or 198 .\n(3) This is the property—\n(a) property which is for the time being comprised in the whole estate of the debtor within the meaning of section 79 of the 2016 Act;\n(b) any income of the debtor which has been ordered under section 90 or 95 of that Act to be paid to the trustee in the sequestration ;\n(c) any estate which under section 79(4) or 86(4) and (5) of that Act vests in the trustee in the sequestration ;\n(d) in a case where a confiscation order has been made under section 6 or 156 of this Act, any sums remaining in the hands of a receiver appointed under section 50 or 198 of this Act after the amount required to be paid under the confiscation order has been fully paid;\n(e) in a case where a confiscation order has been made under section 92 of this Act, any sums remaining in the hands of an administrator appointed under section 128 of this Act after the amount required to be paid under the confiscation order has been fully paid.\n(f) in a case where a confiscation order has been made under section 6, 92 or 156 of this Act, any sums remaining in the hands of an appropriate officer after the amount required to be paid under the confiscation order has been fully paid under section 67D(2)(c), 131D(2)(c) or 215D(2)(c).\n(4) But nothing in the 2016 Act must be taken to restrict (or enable the restriction of) the powers referred to in subsection (2).\n(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(2)(a) substituted (1.6.2015) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 7 para. 83(2)(a); S.I. 2015/983, arts. 2(2)(e), 3(t)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(2)(a) substituted (1.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 8 para. 73(2)(a); S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a) (with arts. 3-14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(2)(b) inserted (1.6.2015) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 7 para. 83(2)(b); S.I. 2015/983, arts. 2(2)(e), 3(t)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(2)(c) substituted (1.3.2016) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 7 para. 83(2)(c); S.I. 2016/147, art. 3(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(2)(c) substituted (1.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 8 para. 73(2)(b); S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a) (with arts. 3-14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(3)(a) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 25(9)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(3)(b) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 25(9)(b)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(3)(b) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 25(9)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(3)(c) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 25(9)(c)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(3)(c) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 25(9)(c)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F11",
      "text": "Words in s. 421(3)(d) substituted (1.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 8 para. 73(3); S.I. 2008/755, art. 2(1)(a) (with arts. 3-14)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F12",
      "text": "S. 421(3)(f) inserted (1.6.2015 for specified purposes, 1.3.2016 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), s. 116(1), Sch. 7 para. 83(3); S.I. 2015/983, arts. 2(2)(e), 3(t); S.I. 2016/147, art. 3(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F13",
      "text": "Word in s. 421(4) substituted (30.11.2016) by The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 25(9)(d)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F14",
      "text": "S. 421(5)(6) omitted (30.11.2016) by virtue of The Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/1034), art. 1, Sch. 1 para. 25(9)(e)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 421 in force at 24.3.2003 by S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/421",
    "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."
}