http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2009/25/section/141Coroners and Justice Act 2009An Act to amend the law relating to coroners, to investigation of deaths and to certification and registration of deaths; to amend the criminal law; to make provision about criminal justice and about dealing with offenders; to make provision about the Commissioner for Victims and Witnesses; to make provision relating to the security of court and other buildings; to make provision about legal aid and about payments for legal services provided in connection with employment matters; to make provision for payments to be made by offenders in respect of benefits derived from the exploitation of material pertaining to offences; to amend the Data Protection Act 1998; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-23Expert Participation2026-03-22 Coroners and Justice Act 2009s. 31ACrime and Policing Act 2026s. 247(1)s. 255(1) Part 4Chapter 21411The Criminal Appeal (Northern Ireland) Act 1980 (c. 47) is amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).2In section 10 (supplementary provisions as to appeals against sentence), after subsection (3) insert—3AWhere the Court of Appeal exercises its power under subsection (3) to quash a confiscation order, the Court may, instead of passing a sentence in substitution for that order, direct the Crown Court to proceed afresh under the relevant enactment.3BWhen proceeding afresh pursuant to subsection (3A), the Crown Court shall comply with any directions the Court of Appeal may make.3CFor the purposes of this section—“confiscation order” means a confiscation order made under—Article 4 or 5 of the Criminal Justice (Confiscation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990,Article 8 of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996, orsection 156 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002;“relevant enactment”, in relation to a confiscation order quashed under subsection (3), means the enactment under which the order was made.3After that section insert—10A1This section applies where the Court of Appeal—aquashes a confiscation order under section 10(3) (“the quashed order”), andbunder section 10(3A), directs the Crown Court to proceed afresh under the relevant enactment.2Nothing in this section prevents any sum paid by the appellant pursuant to the quashed order being a sum which is recoverable from the Secretary of State as a debt owing to the appellant, but the Court of Appeal may direct that any sum is not to be repaid until such time as the Crown Court makes a confiscation order, or decides not to make such an order, when proceeding afresh pursuant to section 10(3A).3Nothing in this section prevents an amount which would otherwise fall to be repaid as a result of the order being quashed being set against an amount which the appellant is required to pay by virtue of a confiscation order made by the Crown Court in those proceedings.4In this section “confiscation order” and “relevant enactment” have the same meaning as in section 10(3C).S. 141 in force at 1.2.2010 by S.I. 2010/145, art. 2(2), Sch. para. 11