PART 3External Forfeiture Orders

Registration of external forfeiture orders

18.—(1) Where the Crown Court decides to give effect to an external forfeiture order, it must

(a)register the order in that court;

(b)provide for notice of the registration to be given to any person affected by it; and

(c)appoint the relevant Director as the enforcement authority for the order.

(2) Only an external forfeiture order registered by the Crown Court may be implemented under this Order.

(3) The Crown Court may cancel the registration of the external forfeiture order, or vary the property to which it applies, on an application by the relevant Director or any person affected by it if, or to the extent that, the court is of the opinion that any of the conditions in article 17 is not satisfied.

(4) The Crown Court must cancel the registration of the external forfeiture order, on an application by the relevant Director or any person affected by it, if it appears to the court that the order has been satisfied—

(a)in the case of an order for the recovery of specified property, by the surrender of the property, or

(b)by any other means.

(5) Where the registration of an external forfeiture order is cancelled or varied under paragraph (3) or (4), the Crown Court must provide for notice of this to be given to the relevant Director and any person affected by it.