{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/section-97",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005/section-97.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2005/15",
  "legislation_title": "Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/serious-organised-crime-and-police-act-2005",
  "path": "section/97",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "97",
  "heading": "Confiscation orders by magistrates' courts",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may by order make such provision as he considers appropriate for or in connection with enabling confiscation orders under—\n(a) Part 2 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29) (confiscation: England and Wales), ...\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\nto be made by magistrates' courts in England and Wales ....\n(1ZA) But an order under subsection (1) may not enable such a confiscation order to be made by any magistrates' court in respect of an amount exceeding £10,000.\n(1ZB) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (1ZA) so as to substitute a different amount.\n(1A) The Department of Justice in Northern Ireland may by order make such provision as the Department considers appropriate for or in connection with enabling confiscation orders under Part 4 of the 2002 Act (confiscation: Northern Ireland) to be made by magistrates’ courts in Northern Ireland.\n(2) But an order under subsection ... (1A) may not enable such a confiscation order to be made by any magistrates' court in respect of an amount exceeding £10,000.\n(2A) The Department of Justice may by order amend subsection (2) so as to substitute a different amount.\n(3) An order under subsection (1) or (1A) may amend, repeal, revoke or otherwise modify any provision of Part 2 or 4 of the 2002 Act (as the case may be) or any other enactment relating to, or to things done under or for the purposes of, that Part (or any provision of that Part).",
  "extent": "E+W+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 97(1) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 23(2)(a) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 97(1)(b) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 23(2)(b) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 97(1) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 23(2)(c) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "S. 97(1ZA)(1ZB) inserted (1.6.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 40(2), 88(1); S.I. 2015/820, reg. 3(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 97(1A) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 23(3) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 97(2) omitted (1.6.2015) by virtue of Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 40(3), 88(1); S.I. 2015/820, reg. 3(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 97(2)(3) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 23(4) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "S. 97(2A) inserted (1.6.2015) by Serious Crime Act 2015 (c. 9), ss. 40(4), 88(1); S.I. 2015/820, reg. 3(m)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Words in s. 97(3) inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 23(5)(a) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F10",
      "text": "Words in s. 97(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 15 para. 23(5)(b) (with arts. 28-31)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 97 in force at 1.7.2005 by S.I. 2005/1521, art. 3(1)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2005/15/section/97",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-06T03:35:19.224345+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."
}