(1) This section applies if -
(a) the property freezing conditions are met in relation to property,
(b) the property is not property to which a recovery order applies, and
(c) an enforcement authority believes that the property is in a country outside the United Kingdom (the receiving country).
(2) The property freezing conditions are -
(a) in England and Wales and Northern Ireland, the conditions in section 245A(5) and (6), and
(b) in Scotland, the conditions in section 255A(5) and (6), and, for the purposes of this subsection, the references in those provisions to property to which the application for the order relates are to be read as references to the property mentioned in subsection (1)(a).
(3) The enforcement authority may send a request for assistance in relation to the property to the Secretary of State with a view to it being forwarded under this section.
(4) The Secretary of State may forward the request for assistance to the government of the receiving country.
(5) A reques
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