Commentary on Sections Enforcement receivers Section 50: Appointment
101.Where a confiscation order has been made and the magistrates’ court will be responsible for enforcing it, section 50 empowers the Crown Court to appoint a person to act as enforcement receiver to help enforce the confiscation order. This is another function transferred from the High Court to the Crown Court, in accordance with the general principle of the Crown Court as the main venue for confiscation. As in earlier confiscation legislation, the application for the appointment of an enforcement receiver, where the magistrates’ court is enforcing the confiscation order, has to be made by the prosecutor. Thus, prosecutors will continue to be involved in confiscation order enforcement. The enforcement receiver may (but need not) be the same as the management receiver appointed under section 48.