Section 13

If the court makes a confiscation order it must proceed as mentioned in subsections (2) and (4) in respect of the offence or offences concerned. The court must take account of the confiscation order before— it imposes a fine on the defendant, or it makes an order falling within subsection (3). These orders fall within this subsection— an order involving payment by the defendant, other than an order under section 46 of the Sentencing Code (criminal courts charge) or a priority order; an order under section 27 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (c. 38) (forfeiture orders); an order under Chapter 4 of Part 7 of the Sentencing Code (deprivation orders); an order under section 23 or 23A of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (forfeiture orders). In this section “priority order” means any of the following— a compensation order under Chapter 2 of Part 7 of the Sentencing Code; an order requiring payment of a surcharge under section 42 of the Sentencing Code; an unlawful profit order under section 4 of the Prevention of Social Housing Fraud Act 2013. a slavery and trafficking reparation order under section 8 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Subject to subsection (2), the court must leave the confiscation order out of account in deciding the appropriate sentence for the defendant. Where a court makes a confiscation order or priority order the effect of which is that subsection (6) applies, the court making that order must also make a priority payment direction. This subsection applies if, in the same proceedings (see section 85 for the meaning of “proceedings”) the following are made against the same person— a confiscation order, and one or more priority orders. A “priority payment direction” is a direction that any amount payable under the priority order (or orders) that remains unpaid when any sum is recovered under the confiscation order is to be paid out of that sum.

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Source: legislation.gov.uk · retrieved 2026-09-04