Explanatory Note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order brings into force, on 24th March 2003, the following provisions of the Proceeds of Crime Act (“the Act”):–
(a)Part 3 which replaces the existing scheme of criminal confiscation in Scotland;
(b)certain minor and consequential amendments in Schedule 11, together with entries in the repeals Schedule, Schedule 12.
Articles 3 to 7 make transitional provision and savings in relation to the existing confiscation provisions in Scotland.