(1) The Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 97 (confiscation orders by magistrates' courts), after subsection (1) insert -
"(1ZA) But an order under subsection (1) may not enable such a confiscation order to be made by any magistrates' court in respect of an amount exceeding £10,000.
(1ZB) The Secretary of State may by order amend subsection (1ZA) so as to substitute a different amount."
(3) In subsection (2) of that section omit "(1) or".
(4) After that subsection insert -
"(2A) The Department of Justice may by order amend subsection (2) so as to substitute a different amount."
(5) In section 172 (orders etc) -
(a) in subsection (5) (orders made by Secretary of State that are subject to affirmative resolution procedure), in paragraph (i), after "section 97(1)" insert "or (1ZB)";
(b) in subsection (13) (orders made by Department of Justice in Northern Ireland that are subject to affirmative resolution procedure), in paragraph (d), after "s
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