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52. Limits on costs orders in relation to unexplained wealth orders: England and Wales and Northern Ireland

After section 362T of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 insert -

"Unexplained wealth orders: costs of proceedings

362U Costs orders

(1) This section applies in the following cases -

(a) an enforcement authority has made an application for an unexplained wealth order under section 362A;

(b) an enforcement authority has made an application for the determination period to be extended under section 362DA;

(c) an application has been made to discharge or vary an unexplained wealth order;

(d) an enforcement authority has made an application for an interim freezing order under section 362J;

(e) an application has been made to discharge or vary an interim freezing order;

(f) an application has been made in the circumstances referred to in section 362M to -

(i) stay an action, execution or other legal process,

(ii) grant leave to levy distress or use the procedure in Schedule 12 to the Tribunals, Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 (taking control of goods),

(iii) stay proceedings in respect of proper

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