The Proceeds of Crime (Countries and Territories designated under the Criminal Justice Act 1988) Order (Northern Ireland) 1998

17.  In Article 35—

(a) in paragraph (1) for the words from “applied” to the end there shall be substituted the words “paid to the High Court and applied for the purposes specified in paragraphs (5) to (7) and in the order so specified.”;

(b) in paragraph (3) for the words “If, after the amount payable under the confiscation order” there shall be substituted the words “Where a fixed amount is payable under the external confiscation order and, after that amount”;

(c) paragraph (4) shall be omitted;

(d) in paragraph (5) for the words “The proper officer shall first” there shall be substituted the words “Any sums paid to the High Court under paragraph (1) or under an order made under Article 34(1A) or otherwise in satisfaction of an external confiscation order shall be first applied to”;

(e) for paragraph (6) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(6) If the money was paid to the High Court by a receiver appointed under this Order or in pursuance of a charging order the receiver’s remuneration and expenses shall next be paid.”;

(f) in paragraph (7) for the words “After making” there shall be substituted the words “After there has been made”, and for the words “the proper officer shall reimburse any amount paid under Article 40(2)” there shall be substituted the words “any amount paid under Article 40(2) shall be reimbursed”;

(g) paragraph (8) shall be omitted;

(h) for paragraph (9) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(9) Any sums remaining after all the payments required to be made under the foregoing provisions of this Article have been made shall be paid into the Consolidated Fund.”; and

(i) paragraphs (10) and (11) shall be omitted.