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Section 282F: Enforcement abroad: after recovery order

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

Part 5: Civil recovery of the proceeds etc. of unlawful conduct — Chapter 2: Civil recovery in the High Court or Court of Session

This section applies if—

a recovery order ... has effect in relation to property, and
the enforcement authority or the trustee for civil recovery believes that the property is in a country outside the United Kingdom (the receiving country).

The enforcement authority or trustee for civil recovery may send a request for assistance in relation to the property to the Secretary of State with a view to it being forwarded under this section.

The Secretary of State may forward a request for assistance from the enforcement authority to the government of the receiving country.

The Secretary of State must forward a request for assistance from the trustee for civil recovery to the government of the receiving country.

A request for assistance is a request to the government of the receiving country for assistance in connection with the management and disposal of the property and includes a request—

to secure the detention, custody or preservation of the property;
in the case of money, to secure that it is applied in accordance with the law of the receiving country;
in the case of property other than money, to secure that the property is realised and the proceeds are applied in accordance with the law of the receiving country.

A certificate purporting to be issued by or on behalf of the government of the receiving country is admissible as evidence of the facts it states if it states—

that property has been realised in pursuance of a request under this section,
the date of realisation, and
the proceeds of realisation.

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