Section 240(1)

This Part has effect for the purposes of— enabling the enforcement authority to recover, in civil proceedings before the High Court or Court of Session, property which is, or represents, property obtained through unlawful conduct, enabling property which is, or represents, property obtained through unlawful conduct, or which is intended to be used in unlawful conduct, to be forfeited in civil proceedings before a magistrates’ court or (in Scotland) the sheriff and, in certain circumstances, to be forfeited by the giving of a notice.

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