(This note is not part of the Rules)
These Rules amend the Magistrates’ Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Cash) Rules 2002 (“the 2002 Rules”), which prescribe the procedure to be followed for applications to a magistrates’ court for the detention, further detention, forfeiture or release of cash seized under Chapter 3 of Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29) (“POCA”).
The amendments made by these Rules update the procedure in the 2002 Rules to take account of the amendments to Chapter 3 of Part 5 of POCA made by the Policing and Crime Act 2009 (c. 26), expand the list of persons to whom certain documents must be served under the 2002 Rules, and make further provision about the service of documents generally.