41 Restraint orders
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (2002 c 29) | Legislation

41  Restraint orders

(1)     If any condition set out in section 40 is satisfied the Crown Court may make an order (a restraint order) prohibiting any specified person from dealing with any realisable property held by him.

(2)     A restraint order may provide that it applies—

(a)     to all realisable property held by the specified person whether or not the property is described in the order;

(b)     to realisable property transferred to the specified person after the order is made.

[(2A)     A restraint order must be made subject to an exception enabling relevant legal aid payments to be made (a legal aid exception).

(2B)     A relevant legal aid payment is a payment that the specified person is obliged to make—

(a)     by regulations under section 23 or 24 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012, and

(b)     in connection with services provided in relation to an offence which falls within subsection (5),

whether the obligation to make the payment arises before or after the restraint order is made.]

(3)     A restraint order may be made subject to [other] exceptions,

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