118 Application of provisions about fine enforcement
Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (2002 c 29) | Legislation

118  Application of provisions about fine enforcement

(1)     The provisions of the Procedure Act specified in subsection (2) apply, with the qualifications mentioned in that subsection, in relation to a confiscation order as if the amount ordered to be paid were a fine imposed on the accused by the court making the confiscation order.

(2)     Those provisions are—

(a)     section 211(3) to (6);

(b)     section 214(4) to (6), but as if the references in subsection (4) to payment by instalments were omitted;

(c)     section 216, but as if subsection (1)—

(i)     gave the prosecutor an opportunity to be heard at any enquiry under that subsection; and

(ii)     applied whether the offender was in prison or not;

(d)     section 217;

(e)     section 218(2) and (3);

(f)     section 219, provided that—

(i)     where a court imposes a period of imprisonment in respect of both a fine and a confiscation order the amounts in respect of which the period is imposed must, for the purposes of subsection (2), be aggregated;

(ii)     before imposing a period of imprisonment by virtue of that section the court must require a report from any administrator appointed in relation to the confiscation order as to whether

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