Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 5 Ch. 3 applied (1.4.2010) by UK Borders Act 2007 (c. 30), ss. 24(1), 59(2); S.I. 2010/606, art. 2
C2Pt. 5 Ch. 3 modified (E.W.) (1.4.2018) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Welsh Revenue Authority Financial Investigators) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/196), arts. 1(2), 3, Sch. para. 3 (as amended (20.7.2018) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (References to Welsh Revenue Authority Financial Investigators) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/767), arts. 1(2), 2(2)(a))
C3Pt. 5 Ch. 3 applied (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W.S. in so far as not already in force, 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by 2007 c. 30, s. 24(1) (as substituted by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), ss. 21(3), 58(1)(6); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(f); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 2(1)(i))
(1)If cash is detained under section 295 for more than 48 hours [F1(calculated in accordance with section 295(1B))], it is at the first opportunity to be paid into an interest-bearing account and held there; and the interest accruing on it is to be added to it on its forfeiture or release.
(2)In the case of cash detained under section 295 which was seized under section 294(2), the [F2officer of Revenue and Customs] [F3 , constable [F4, SFO officer] or accredited financial investigator] must, on paying it into the account, release the part of the cash to which the suspicion does not relate.
(3)Subsection (1) does not apply if the cash or, as the case may be, the part to which the suspicion relates is required as evidence of an offence or evidence in proceedings under this Chapter.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 296(1) inserted (1.7.2005) by Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (c. 15), ss. 100(3), 178(7)(a); S.I. 2005/1521, art. 2(1)(c)
F2Words in s. 296(2) substituted (17.7.2013) by Finance Act 2013 (c. 29), Sch. 48 para. 8
F3Words in s. 296(2) substituted (6.4.2008) by Serious Crime Act 2007 (c. 27), s. 94(1), Sch. 11 para. 8; S.I. 2008/755, art. 17(1)(f)
F4Words in s. 296(2) inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W.S. in so far as not already in force, 28.6.2021 for N.I. in so far as not already in force) by Criminal Finances Act 2017 (c. 22), s. 58(1)(6), Sch. 1 para. 17; S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(aa); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 3(b)