{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-434",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002/section-434.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/29",
  "legislation_title": "Proceeds of Crime Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002",
  "path": "section/434",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "434",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) The following paragraphs apply to references to Acts or Orders—\n(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(b) the 1914 Act is the Bankruptcy Act 1914 (c. 59);\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) the 1986 Act is the Insolvency Act 1986 (c. 45);\n(e) the 1989 Order is the Insolvency (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/2405 (N.I. 19)).\n(f) the 2016 Act is the Bankruptcy (Scotland) Act 2016;\n(2) An award of sequestration is made on the date of sequestration within the meaning of section 22(7) of the 2016 Act.\n(3) This section applies for the purposes of this Part.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 434(1)(a) 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(12)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 434(1)(c) 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(12)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 434(1)(f) inserted (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(12)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 434(2) 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(12)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 434 in force at 24.3.2003 by S.I. 2003/333, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/434",
    "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."
}