Explanatory Notes

Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

2002 CHAPTER 29

24 July 2002

Commentary on Sections

Part 4: Confiscation: Northern Ireland

Schedule 5: Lifestyle offences: Northern Ireland

286.Schedule 5 should be read in conjunction with sections 156 and 223. It lists offences which are always criminal lifestyle offences. An offender convicted of one instance of any of these offences has a criminal lifestyle under the Act. The offences are similar to those set out in Schedule 2 for England and Wales.