None of the time limits given in the preceding provisions of this Act applies to any proceedings under Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (civil recovery of proceeds of unlawful conduct).
Proceedings under that Chapter for a recovery order in respect of any recoverable property shall not be brought after the expiration of the period of 20 years from the date on which the relevant person's cause of action accrued.
Proceedings under that Chapter are brought when—
whichever is the earliest.
The relevant person's cause of action accrues in respect of any recoverable property—
Subsection (4) is subject to section 13(5) of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (which provides that, in the case of property obtained through unlawful conduct relating to a gross human rights abuse or violation, proceedings cannot be brought after the end of the period of 20 years from the date on which the conduct constituting the commission of the abuse or violation occurs).
If—
section 3(2) of this Act does not prevent his asserting on an application under section 281 of that Act that the property belongs to him, or the court making a declaration in his favour under that section.
If the court makes such a declaration, his title to the chattel is to be treated as not having been extinguished by section 3(2) of this Act.
Expressions used in this section and Part 5 of that Act have the same meaning in this section as in that Part.
In this section " relevant person " means—