17. Variation of confiscation orders made by virtue of section 13.
(1) This section applies where -
(a) the High Court has made a confiscation order by virtue of section 13(4) of this Act, and
(b) the defendant has ceased to be an absconder.
(2) This section applies where -
(a) the value of the defendant's -
(i) proceeds of drug trafficking,
(ii) funds subject to confiscation,
(iia) benefit as mentioned in section 8F(1)(a) or (b) (as assessed in accordance with section 8G), or
(iii)benefit as mentioned in section 9(4) of this Act, as the case may be, in the period by reference to which the determination in question was made ('the original value'), or
(b) the amount that might have been realised at the time the confiscation order was made,
was less than the amount ordered to be paid under the confiscation order, the court -