SCHEDULE 4 Forfeiture of Money Held in Bank and Building Society Accounts

SCHEDULE 4 Forfeiture of Money Held in Bank and Building Society Accounts

Section 40

1

Schedule 1 to the Anti-terrorism, Crime and Security Act 2001 (forfeiture of terrorist cash) is amended as follows.

2

After paragraph 10P (inserted by Schedule 3 above) insert—

“Part 4B
Forfeiture of Terrorist Money Held in Bank and Building Society Accounts
10Q
Application for account freezing order

(1)     This paragraph applies if an enforcement officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that money held in an account maintained with a bank or building society—

(a)     is within subsection (1)(a) or (b) of section 1, or

(b)     is property earmarked as terrorist property.

(2)     Where this paragraph applies the enforcement officer may apply to the relevant court for an account freezing order in relation to the account in which the money is held.

(3)     But—

(a)     an enforcement officer may not apply for an account freezing order unless the officer is a senior officer or is authorised to do so by a senior officer, and

(b)     the senior officer must consult the Treasury before making the application for the order or (as the case may be) authorising the application to be made,

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