Explanatory Notes

Policing and Crime Act 2009

2009 CHAPTER 26

12 November 2009

Territorial Extent and Application

Part 5 – Proceeds of Crime

Confiscation

Section 53 Power to retain seized property: Scotland

289.Section 53 provides comparable provisions for Scotland to those set out in section 52 for England and Wales. The definition of “appropriate officer” is different, as is the definition of “relevant seizure power”.