SCHEDULE 7MODIFICATIONS OF ENACTMENTS

87The Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c.25)

In section 156 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (exploitation proceeds orders: qualifying offenders)—

a

in subsection (2)—

i

the word “or” immediately following paragraph (b) is repealed, and

ii

after paragraph (b) insert—

ba

has been acquitted by such a court of an offence by reason of the special defence set out in section 51A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.46), or

b

in subsection (3)(a)—

i

the word “or” immediately following sub-paragraph (ii) is repealed, and

ii

after sub-paragraph (ii) insert—

iia

such a court has made, in respect of a foreign offence, a finding equivalent to a finding of the person’s acquittal by reason of the special defence set out in section 51A of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, or