Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989 No 90
Current version for 30 January 2012 to date (accessed 25 May 2013 at 03:55)
14 Notice of applications
(1) If an appropriate officer applies for a forfeiture order against
property in respect of a person’s conviction of a serious
offence:(a) the appropriate officer shall give written notice of the
application to the person and to any other person the appropriate officer has
reason to believe may have an interest in the property,
and
(b) the person, and any other person who claims an interest in the
property, may appear and adduce evidence at the hearing of the application,
and
(c) the court may, at any time before the final determination of the
application, direct the appropriate officer to give or publish notice of the
application to a specified person or class of persons, in the manner and
within the time that the court considers
appropriate.
(2) If an appropriate officer applies for a pecuniary penalty order or
drug proceeds order against a person:(a) the appropriate officer shall give the person written notice of
the application, and
(b) the person may appear and adduce evidence at the hearing of the
application.