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Confiscation of Proceeds of Crime Act 1989
66Application for search warrant for location etc of property
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#### 66 Application for search warrant for location etc of property
66 Application for search warrant for location etc of property
> > (1) If—
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> > > (a) a person has been convicted of a serious offence and an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that there is, or may be within the next following 72 hours, in or on any premises, a property-tracking document in relation to the offence, or
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> > > (b) an authorised officer has reasonable grounds for suspecting that—
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> > > > (i) a person has committed a serious offence, and
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> > > > (ii) there is, or may be within the next following 72 hours, in or on any premises, a property-tracking document in relation to the offence,
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> > the authorised officer may—
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> > > (c) lay before the Supreme Court an information on oath setting out those grounds, and
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> > > (d) apply to the Court for a search warrant under section 67 in respect of the premises.
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> > (2) If an authorised officer applying for a warrant under section 67 in respect of an offence includes in the information under subsection (1) a statement on oath that the authorised officer has reasonable grounds to believe that—
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> > > (a) the person who was convicted of the offence, or who is believed to have committed the offence, derived a benefit, directly or indirectly, from the commission of the offence, and
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> > > (b) property specified in the information is subject to the effective control of the person,
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> > the Supreme Court may treat any document relevant to identifying, locating or determining that property as a property-tracking document in relation to the offence for the purposes of this section.
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> > (3) In determining whether to treat a document as a property-tracking document in relation to an offence, the Supreme Court may have regard to the matters referred to in section 10 (meaning of “effective control of property”).
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> **s 66:** Am 2022 No 55, Sch 1\[15\].