Section 120A: Restraint orders: power to retain seized property etc.

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 · 2002 c. 29View on legislation.gov.uk

Part 3: Confiscation: Scotland

A restraint order may include provision authorising the detention of any property to which it applies if the property—

is seized by an appropriate officer under a relevant seizure power, or
is produced to an appropriate officer in compliance with a production order under section 380.

Provision under subsection (1) may, in particular—

relate to specified property, to property of a specified description or to all property to which the restraint order applies;
relate to property that has already been seized or produced or to property that may be seized or produced in future.

"Appropriate officer" means—

a constable;
an officer of Revenue and Customs;
an immigration officer;
a National Crime Agency officer;

"Relevant seizure power" means a power to seize property conferred by or by virtue of—

section 127C or 387,
a warrant granted under any other enactment or any rule of law, or
any other enactment, or any rule of law, under which the authority of a warrant is not required.

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