Clause 79 - Value: the basic rule
Proceeds of Crime Bill
Public Bill Committees, 4 December 2001, 6:00 pm
Mr Ian Davidson (Glasgow, Pollok, Labour/Co-operative)
May I seek clarification from the Minister about subsection (2)? How is the value to be assessed, and will he clarify whether the value set on a chattel will be subject to dispute by the prosecution, or the agency, to prevent it from being undervalued?
Mr Bob Ainsworth (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Home Office; Coventry North East, Labour)
Appropriate people will be employed to value such gifts. Methods are laid down for doing that. I do not possess those skills—and neither, I think, does my hon. Friend.
Clause 79 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clauses 80 to 83 ordered to stand part of the Bill.