The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) (Amendment) Order 2008
This Order amends the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Requests and Orders) Order 2005 (‘the 2005 Order’) in line with the amendments made to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (‘the 2002 Act’) by section 74(2) of and Schedule 8 to the Serious Crime Act 2007 (‘the 2007 Act’). The 2005 Order makes provision for dealing, in different parts of the United Kingdom, with external requests (a request by an overseas authority to prohibit dealing with specified property) and external orders (an order made by an overseas court for the recovery of specified property or money where property is found or believed to have been obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct.)