Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:15 pm on 6 December 2001.
Amendment made: No. 257, in page 88, line 37, after 'time' insert
'ignoring any charging order under a provision listed in subsection (3A).
(3A) The provisions are—
(a) section 9 of the Drug Trafficking Offences Act 1986 (c.32);
(b) section 78 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33);
(c) Article 14 of the Criminal Justice (Confiscation) (Northern Ireland) Order 1990 (S.I. 199/2588 (N.I. 17));
(d) section 27 of the Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (c.37);
Article 32 of the Proceeds of Crime (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (S.I. 1996/1299 (N.I. 9)).'.—[Mr. Foulkes.]
Clause 145, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.
Clause 146 ordered to stand part of the Bill.
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