Section 300: Application of forfeited cash

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

Part 5: Civil recovery of the proceeds etc. of unlawful conduct — Chapter 3: Recovery of cash in summary proceedings

Cash forfeited under section 298, and any accrued interest on it—

if forfeited by a magistrates' court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, is to be paid into the Consolidated Fund,
if forfeited by the sheriff, is to be paid into the Scottish Consolidated Fund.

But it is not to be paid in—

before the end of the period within which an appeal under section 299 may be made, or
if a person appeals under that section, before the appeal is determined or otherwise disposed of.

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