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Confiscation of Criminal Assets Act 2003
43Revocation or variation of restraining orders made
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43 Revocation or variation of restraining orders made
without notice of application
(1) A person with an interest in restrained property may apply to the court
that made the restraining order for the revocation, by order, of the
restraining order if the DPP did not give the person notice of the
application for the order.
(2) The court must not make an order revoking the restraining order
unless it is satisfied that there were not and are no longer, or there are
no longer, sufficient grounds for making the order.
(3) However, if the DPP has told the court that the restraining order
applies to property that has evidentiary value in a criminal
proceeding, the court must not revoke the restraining order without
the DPP’s agreement but may, by order, vary the restraining order to
exclude any part of the property that the DPP has told the court does
not have evidentiary value.
(4) If the DPP proposes to oppose an application by a person under this
section for the revocation of a restraining order, the DPP must give
the applicant, and anyone else to whom notice of the application was
given, written notice of the grounds on which the application will be
opposed.