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Giving of an account forfeiture notice

3.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an account forfeiture notice must be given by a senior officer to—

(a)any person to whom notice of an order made under paragraph 10S(2) of Schedule 1 to the Act has been given, and

(b)any person who has been identified as being affected by such an order but who has not been given notice of the order.

(2) Where—

(a)there is no person who falls within paragraph (1), or

(b)it is not possible to give a notice in accordance with regulation 4(1) to any such person,

the account forfeiture notice must be given by way of publication in accordance with regulation 4(2).

(3) Where an account forfeiture notice is to be given to a person outside the United Kingdom—

(a)nothing in these Regulations authorises or requires any person to do anything which is contrary to the law of the country where the account forfeiture notice is to be given, and

(b)the duty for the account forfeiture notice to be given by way of publication under paragraph (2)(b) does not apply.

(4) Regulation 7 makes further provision for cases where an individual to whom an account forfeiture notice is to be given is a child or protected person.