Section 288(3)

After Article 72 of the Limitation (Northern Ireland) Order 1989 (SI 1989/1339 (N.I. 11)) there is inserted— None of the time limits fixed by Parts II and III applies to any proceedings under Chapter 2 of Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (civil recovery of proceeds of unlawful conduct). Proceedings under that Chapter for a recovery order in respect of any recoverable property shall not be brought after the expiration of the period of twelve years from the date on which the Director’s cause of action accrued. Proceedings under that Chapter are brought when— whichever is the earlier. a claim form is issued, or an application is made for an interim receiving order, The Director’s cause of action accrues in respect of any recoverable property— in the case of proceedings for a recovery order in respect of property obtained through unlawful conduct, when the property is so obtained, in the case of proceedings for a recovery order in respect of any other recoverable property, when the property obtained through unlawful conduct which it represents is so obtained. If— Article 17(2) does not prevent his asserting on an application under section 281 of that Act that the property belongs to him, or the court making a declaration in his favour under that section. a person would (but for a time limit fixed by this Order) have a cause of action in respect of the conversion of a chattel, and proceedings are started under that Chapter for a recovery order in respect of the chattel, If the court makes such a declaration, his title to the chattel is to be treated as not having been extinguished by Article 17(2). Expressions used in this Article and Part 5 of that Act have the same meaning in this Article as in that Part.

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