Part of Proceeds of Crime Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 4:30 pm on 6 December 2001.
[Mr. Ian Davidson in the Chair]
Similarly, subsection (4) states:
''In deciding the value of a tainted gift the court may disregard the amount, or part of the amount, of the gift if it considers it improbable that the amount or part could be realised.''
That is an added protection for the recipient of a tainted gift when a valuation is made.
I ask the Ministers to consider whether this little bit of Scottishness that is about to be disposed of could assist us in examining how we may temper the full force and rigour of the law on tainted gifts. I am conscious that I may not have fully understood the purpose of subsections (3) and (4). However, it would be useful for us to pause and consider the matter before the subsections disappear.
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