[F15(1)There is or has been a connection where a person described in sub-paragraph (2)—U.K.
(a)is linked to the relevant part of the United Kingdom,
(b)was linked to that part of the United Kingdom at a time when the unlawful conduct, or some of the unlawful conduct, was taking place, or
(c)has been linked to that part of the United Kingdom at any time since that conduct took place.
(2)Those persons are—
(a)a person whose conduct was, or was part of, the unlawful conduct;
(b)a person who was deprived of property by the unlawful conduct;
(c)a person who holds the property in question;
(d)a person who has held the property in question, but only if it was recoverable property in relation to the unlawful conduct at the time;
(e)a person who holds other property that is recoverable property in relation to the unlawful conduct;
(f)a person who, at any time, has held other property that was recoverable property in relation to the unlawful conduct at the time.
(3)A person is linked to the relevant part of the United Kingdom if the person is—
(a)a British citizen, a British overseas territories citizen, a British National (Overseas) or a British Overseas citizen,
(b)a person who, under the British Nationality Act 1981, is a British subject,
(c)a British protected person within the meaning of that Act,
(d)a body incorporated or constituted under the law of any part of the United Kingdom, or
(e)a person domiciled, resident or present in the relevant part of the United Kingdom.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 7A inserted (retrospectively) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 48(3)(7), 61(11)(c) (with s. 48(8), Sch. 25) and extended to N.I. (20.3.2015) by The Crime and Courts Act 2013 (National Crime Agency and Proceeds of Crime) (Northern Ireland) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/798), arts. 1(2), 7(a)