http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/29/section/288AProceeds of Crime Act 2002An Act to establish the Assets Recovery Agency and make provision about the appointment of its Director and his functions (including Revenue functions), to provide for confiscation orders in relation to persons who benefit from criminal conduct and for restraint orders to prohibit dealing with property, to allow the recovery of property which is or represents property obtained through unlawful conduct or which is intended to be used in unlawful conduct, to make provision about money laundering, to make provision about investigations relating to benefit from criminal conduct or to property which is or represents property obtained through unlawful conduct or to money laundering, to make provision to give effect to overseas requests and orders made where property is found or believed to be obtained through criminal conduct, and for connected purposes.2002-08-12texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-07-06Expert Participation2026-06-30
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 3BCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 71(4)(a)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 3BCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 71(4)(b)s. 255(1)s. 255(8)(f)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9B headingCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(a)(i)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9B(1)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(a)(ii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9B(2)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(a)(iii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 4 para. 9G headingCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(b)(i)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9G(1)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(b)(ii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9G(2)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(b)(iii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9B headingCrime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(c)(i)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9B(1)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(c)(ii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9B(2)Crime and Policing Act 2026s. 150(3)(c)(iii)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 7(4)(za)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 6(3)(b)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 7(4)(e)-(h)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 6(3)(d)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 21(1A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 6(4)(b)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 24A-24CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 17(2)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 13ZA 13ZB and cross-headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 18(2)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A-35R and cross-headingsCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 19(3)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 67(5ZA)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 20(2)(b)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 67ZA(3A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 20(3)(b)s. 255(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(2)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A(2)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(2)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A(4)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(2)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35J(4)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(2)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 35A(4)(c)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 21 para. 53(3)s. 255(1)reg. 2(1)(z12)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 155A and cross-headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 1(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 166(2A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 2(3)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 160(6A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 3s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 8(1A)(g)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 5(2)Sch. 22 para. 5(5)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 5(4)Sch. 22 para. 5(5)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 157(4)(za)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 6(3)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 157(4)(e)-(h)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 6(3)(d)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 171(1A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 6(4)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 159(1)(c) and wordCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 7(2)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 159ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 7(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 224(8)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 9(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 232(3)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 9(3)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 228(5)(6)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 10(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 228ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 10(4)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 228(3A)-(3C)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 11(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 163(3A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 12(2)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 163(5)-(7)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 12(2)(c)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 203(5)(5A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 12(7)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 165ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 13(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 156(7A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 14(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 165B 165CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 14(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 171ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 15(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 171(11A)(11B)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 15(3)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 172(7A)(7B)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 15(4)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 174A-174CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 16(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 163ZA 163ZB and cross-headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 17(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 185ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 17(4)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 185BCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 18s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 185CCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 19s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 185DCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 20s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 215ZA(10)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 21(3)(d)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 215A(3A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 21(4)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 215AA(2A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 21(5)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 189(1)-(1B)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 22(2)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 190ZACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 23(3)Confers powers. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 190(3A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 24(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 190(10)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 24(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 190(7CA)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 25(2)(b)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 191(7A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 25(3)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 191ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 26s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 196(1A)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 27(2)(a)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 196(3)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 27(2)(c)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 215E-215L and cross-headingCrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 22 para. 28(2)s. 255(8)(m)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 107ACrime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 23 para. 2(2)s. 255(10)(f)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 131(6B)Crime and Policing Act 2026Sch. 23 para. 2(3)s. 255(10)(f)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002s. 13(5)(a)(iia)Modern Slavery Act 2015Sch. 5 para. 15(3)(d)s. 61(1)reg. 2(b)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 2 para. 9B and cross-headingBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025s. 54(2)(b)s. 65(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 4 para. 9G and cross-headingBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025s. 54(3)s. 65(1)Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Sch. 5 para. 9B and cross-headingBorder Security, Asylum and Immigration Act 2025s. 54(4)s. 65(1)
Part 5Civil recovery of the proceeds <Abbreviation Expansion="et cetera" xml:lang="la">etc.</Abbreviation> of unlawful conductChapter 2Civil recovery in the High Court or Court of Session<Addition ChangeId="key-ca4f603a056a7e2b5fef5a40c0dfd597-1783332875392" CommentaryRef="key-ca4f603a056a7e2b5fef5a40c0dfd597">Proceedings for civil recovery: costs and expenses</Addition><Addition ChangeId="key-ca4f603a056a7e2b5fef5a40c0dfd597-1783332875392" CommentaryRef="key-ca4f603a056a7e2b5fef5a40c0dfd597">Costs orders and expenses orders</Addition>288A1The court may not make an order that any costs or, in Scotland, expenses of proceedings under this Chapter are payable by the enforcement authority, unless—athe authority acted unreasonably in taking the proceedings, making or opposing the application to which the proceedings relate, or supporting or opposing the making of the order to which the proceedings relate,bthe authority acted dishonestly or improperly in the course of the proceedings, orcit would be just and reasonable to make such an order, and for this purpose it is not to be assumed that it is generally just and reasonable for the unsuccessful party to pay.2A reference in subsection (1) to proceedings under this Chapter includes any appeal arising out of proceedings under this Chapter.Pt. 5 Ch. 2: power to modify conferred (25.4.2013) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(11)(f), Sch. 25 para. 7S. 288A and cross-heading inserted (29.6.2026) by Crime and Policing Act 2026 (c. 20), ss. 190(1), 255(3)(g) (with s. 190(2))