(1) A person who claims that money in respect of which an account freezing order has effect belongs to them may apply for the money to be released.
(2) An application under subsection (1) is to be made -
(a) in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, to a magistrates' court;
(b) in Scotland, to the sheriff.
(3) The application may be made in the course of proceedings under section 303Z3 or 303Z14 or at any other time.
(4) The court or sheriff may, subject to subsection (8), order the money to which the application relates to be released to the applicant if it appears to the court or sheriff that -
(a) the applicant was deprived of the money to which the application relates, or of property which it represents, by unlawful conduct,
(b) the money the applicant was deprived of was not, immediately before the applicant was deprived of it, recoverable property, and
(c) the money belongs to the applicant.
(5) If subsection (6) applies, the court or sheriff may, subject to subsection (8), order
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