(1) This section applies where a court has made a determination under section 4(4) of this Act of the amount to be recovered in a particular case by virtue of that section referred to in this section as "the current determination".

(2) Where the Director of Public Prosecutions is of the opinion that the real value of the defendant's proceeds of drug trafficking was greater than their assessed value, the Director of Public Prosecutions may make, or cause to be made, an application to the court for the evidence on which he has formed his opinion to be considered by the court.

(3) In subsection (2) of this section -

"assessed value" means the value of the defendant's proceeds of drug trafficking as assessed by the court under section 6(1) of this Act; and

"real value" means the value of the defendant's proceeds of drug trafficking which took place - (a) in the period by reference to which the current determination was made; or (b) in any earlier period.