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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
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10 What is tainted property
tainted property, in relation to an offence, means—
(a) property that was used, or was intended by an offender to be
used, in relation to the commission of the offence; or
(b) property that was derived by anyone from the commission of the
(c) property that was derived by anyone from property mentioned
in paragraph (a) or (b);
and includes an amount of money held in an account with a financial
institution that represents the value of property mentioned in
paragraph (a), (b) or (c) that has been directly or indirectly credited
to the account.
Note 2 For the meaning of derived, see s 12.
Note 3 Property includes an interest in property, see the Legislation Act, dict,
pt 1.
(2) For subsection (1) (a), any property found in the possession of an
offender at the time of, or immediately after, the commission of the
offence is taken to be property that was used, or was intended by the
offender to be used, in relation to the commission of the offence,
unless the contrary is established by the offender.
Examples of tainted property for s 10
1 A car used as a getaway car for an armed robbery (see s (1) (a)).
2 Money and jewellery stolen during the commission of the armed robbery
offence (see s (1) (b)).
3 Shares bought using money stolen during the commission of the armed
robbery offence, or a mixture of that money and money unconnected with the
offence (see s (1) (c) and s 12 (1) (Meaning of derived)).
4 A house in relation to which a mortgage is partly or completely discharged
using money stolen during the commission of the armed robbery offence, or a
mixture of that money and money unconnected with the offence (see s (1) (c)
and s 12 (1)).
5 Money or other property received from the sale of the car, jewellery, shares or
house mentioned in examples 1 to 4 (see s (1) (c) and s 12 (1)).
6 Other property purchased using the money mentioned in example 5 (see
s (1) (c) and s 12 (1)).
7 Money stolen during the commission of the armed robbery offence is
deposited in 1 or more accounts with a credit union and later transferred to a
bank account that also contains money unconnected with the offence. The
money in the bank account to the value of the money stolen during the
commission of the offence is tainted property (see s (1)).
8 Money received from the sale of the car, jewellery, shares or house mentioned
in examples 1 to 4 is deposited in a credit union account that also contains
money unconnected with the armed robbery offence. The money in the
account to the value of the money received from the sale of the car, jewellery,
shares or house mentioned in examples 1 to 4 is tainted property (see s (1) and
s 12 (1)).