The Restraint Orders (Legal Aid Exception and Relevant Legal Aid Payments) Regulations 2015

Modifications of the 2002 Act in relation to restraint orders and relevant legal aid payments

5.—(1) In a case where this regulation has effect, Part 2 of the 2002 Act (confiscation: England and Wales) applies with the following modifications.

(2) Section 42(6) (application, discharge and variation)(1) applies as if for “on the conclusion of the proceedings or of the application (as the case may be)” there were substituted “if the specified person has satisfied his or her obligation to make a relevant legal aid payment in connection with services provided entirely or partly in relation to the relevant offence”.

(3) Section 47B (conditions for exercise of powers to seize property)(2) applies as if for subsection (5) there were substituted—

“(5) The fourth condition is that a restraint order made in connection with proceedings for an indictable offence in England and Wales is in force in respect of any realisable property. ”

(4) Section 47C(1)(a) (power to seize property)(3) applies as if for the words “for satisfying any confiscation order that has been or may be made against the defendant” there were substituted “for satisfying the obligation of the specified person to make a relevant legal aid payment in connection with services provided entirely or partly in relation to the relevant offence”.

(5) Section 54 (enforcement receivers)(4) applies as if—

(a)in subsection (2)(c), for “the confiscation order” there were substituted “the obligation of the specified person to make a relevant legal aid payment in connection with services provided entirely or partly in relation to the relevant offence”, and

(b)in subsection (3), for “the amount payable under the confiscation order has been fully paid” there were substituted “the obligation described in subsection (2)(c) has been satisfied”.

(6) Section 63(3)(a) (discharge and variation of orders relating to management receivers)(5) applies as if for “on the conclusion of the proceedings or of the application (as the case may be)” there were substituted “if the specified person has satisfied his or her obligation to make a relevant legal aid payment in connection with services provided entirely or partly in relation to the relevant offence”.

(7) Section 67D (proceeds of realisation)(6) applies as if—

(a)in subsection (2)(c), for “the amount payable under the confiscation order” there were substituted “the obligation of the specified person to make a relevant legal aid payment in connection with services provided in relation to the relevant offence”, and

(b)in subsection (3), for “the amount payable under the confiscation order has been fully paid” there were substituted “the obligation described in subsection (2)(c) has been satisfied”.

(8) In section 69(2) (powers of court and receiver)(7), each of paragraphs (a) and (c) apply as if for the words from “any confiscation order that has been or may be made against the defendant” there were substituted “any obligation of the specified person to make a relevant legal aid payment in connection with services provided entirely or partly in relation to the relevant offence”.