Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29)

Part 8 U.K. Investigations

Chapter 2 E+W+N.I. England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 8 Ch. 2: power to modify conferred (20.3.2015) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), ss. 47, 61(2); S.I. 2015/813, art. 2(b)

[F1 Unexplained wealth orders E+W+N.I.

Textual Amendments

F1 Ss. 362A-362I and cross-heading inserted (27.4.2017 for specified purposes, 31.1.2018 for E.W. 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), ss. 1, 58(1)(6) (as amended (N.I.) (31.12.2020) by S.I. 2019/742, regs. 1, 109(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)); S.I. 2018/78, reg. 3(a); S.I. 2021/724, reg. 2(1)(a)

362I Supplementary E+W+N.I.

(1) An application for an unexplained wealth order may be made without notice.

(2) Rules of court may make provision as to the practice and procedure to be followed in connection with proceedings relating to unexplained wealth orders before the High Court in Northern Ireland.

(3) An application to the High Court in Northern Ireland to discharge or vary an unexplained wealth order may be made by—

(a) the enforcement authority, or

(b) the respondent [F2 or any specified responsible officer].

(4) The High Court in Northern Ireland—

(a) may discharge the order;

(b) may vary the order.]

Textual Amendments

F2 Words in s. 362I(3)(b) inserted (15.5.2022) by Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022 (c. 10), ss. 45(11), 69(1); S.I. 2022/519, regs. 1(3), 2