Section 28(9)

In this section— “appropriate clerk of court”, in relation to a confiscation order, means the sheriff clerk of the sheriff court responsible for enforcing the confiscation order under section 211 of the Procedure Act as applied by section 118(1); “appropriate person” means— in a case where the money is held in an account maintained with a bank or building society, the bank or building society; in any other case, the person on whose authority the money is detained; “bank” means an authorised deposit-taker, other than a building society, that has its head office or a branch in the United Kingdom; “building society” has the same meaning as in the Building Societies Act 1986; “relevant court”, in relation to a confiscation order, means— the court which makes the confiscation order, or the sheriff court responsible for enforcing the confiscation order under section 211 of the Procedure Act as applied by section 118(1); “relevant seizure power” means a power to seize money conferred by or by virtue of— a warrant granted under any enactment or rule of law, or any enactment, or rule of law, under which the authority of a warrant is not required.

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