Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

CHAPTER 2 - THE CONFISCATION SCHEME  

PART 2-5 - LITERARY PROCEEDS ORDERS  

Division 5 - The effect on literary proceeds orders of convictions being quashed  

SECTION 173   Discharge of literary proceeds order if made in relation to a conviction  

173(1)    
A * literary proceeds order made in relation to a person ' s conviction of an offence is discharged if:

(a) the person ' s conviction of the offence is subsequently * quashed (whether or not the order relates to the person ' s conviction of other offences that have not been quashed); and

(b) the *responsible authority does not, within 14 days after the conviction is quashed, apply to the court that made the order for the order to be confirmed.

173(2)    
However, unless and until a court decides otherwise on such an application, the * quashing of the conviction does not affect the * literary proceeds order:

(a) for 14 days after the conviction is quashed; and

(b) if the *responsible authority makes such an application.