(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.