BAILII [Home] [Databases] [World Law] [Multidatabase Search] [Help] [Feedback]

United Kingdom Statutory Instruments
You are here: BAILII >> Databases >> United Kingdom Statutory Instruments >> The Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Terrorist Cash) Rules 2001 No. 194 (L. 6)
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_reg/2001/20010194.html

[New search] [Help]

STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

2001 No. 194 (L. 6)

MAGISTRATES' COURTS, ENGLAND AND WALES

PROCEDURE

The Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Terrorist Cash) Rules 2001

  Made 29th January 2001 
  Laid before Parliament 29th January 2001 
  Coming into force 19th February 2001 

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the power conferred on him by section 144 of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980[1], after consultation with the Rule Committee appointed under the said section 144, hereby makes the following Rules:

Citation, commencement and interpretation
     1.  - (1) These Rules may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts (Detention and Forfeiture of Terrorist Cash) Rules 2001 and shall come into force on 19th February 2001.

    (2) In these Rules,

Application for continued detention of seized cash
     2.  - (1) An application under section 26(1) of the Act for an order for continued detention of cash seized under section 25 of that Act shall be made in writing in Form A to a justice of the peace for the petty sessions area in which the cash was seized.

    (2) A copy of the written application under paragraph (1) above and notification of the hearing of the application shall be given by the applicant to the person from whom the cash was seized.

    (3) A justice of the peace considering an application under section 26(1) of the Act shall require the matters contained in it to be sworn by the applicant under oath, may require the applicant to answer any questions under oath, and may require any statement in response by the person from whom the cash was seized to be made under oath.

    (4) The justice of the peace shall record or cause to be recorded in writing the substance of any statements made under oath which are not already recorded in the written application.

Unattended parcels and other containers
     3. In rules 2 and 6 of these Rules, references to the person from whom the cash was seized include references to the sender and the intended recipient, where this is known, of a letter, parcel, container or other means of unattended dispatch, but a justice of the peace shall not decline to hear an application in such a case solely on the ground that it has not been proved that the sender or intended recipient has received a copy of the written application and notification of hearing under rule 2(2) of these Rules.

Order for continued detention of seized cash
     4.  - (1) An order made by a justice of the peace in relation to an application under section 26(1) of the Act shall be in Form B.

    (2) Notice of any order mentioned in paragraph (1) above shall be given without delay by the court to the person from whom the cash was seized and to any other person who is affected by, and specified in, the said order. Notice shall be in the form set out in Form B and shall be accompanied by a copy of the order.

Further applications for continued detention of seized cash and applications for the release of detained cash
     5.  - (1) An application under section 26(4) of the Act for a further order for the continued detention of cash shall be in Form C and shall be sent to the clerk to the justices for the petty sessions area in which the cash was seized, and to the person from whom the cash was seized and any other person affected by and specified in the order made in relation to the application under section 26(1). The application shall be accompanied by a copy of the order made in relation to the application under section 26(1).

    (2) An application under section 27(2) for the release of detained cash shall be made in writing to the clerk of a magistrates' court, and shall specify the grounds on which it is made.

    (3) The clerk of the magistrates' court who receives an application in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) above shall fix a date for the hearing of the application, which, unless the justices' clerk directs otherwise, shall not be earlier than seven days from the date on which it is fixed, and shall notify the applicant and any person to whom notice of the order for continued detention has been given of that date.

    (4) At the hearing of an application received in accordance with paragraph (1) or (2) the justice of the peace shall require the matters contained in the application to be sworn by the applicant under oath, may require the applicant to answer any questions under oath, and may require any response from the respondent to the application to be made under oath.

    (5) If the court is satisfied that a further order for continued detention of cash should be made under section 26(4) of the Act, it shall endorse the order for continued detention accordingly, and a copy of the order as endorsed shall be given by the clerk of the court to every person to whom notice of the order for continued detention has been given.

Direction for release of cash
     6. A direction under section 27(3) of the Act for the release of detained cash shall be in Form D, and shall provide for the release of the cash within seven days of the date of the making of the direction or such longer period as with the agreement of the person from whom the cash was seized may be specified in the direction, except that the cash shall not be released whilst section 27(5) of the Act applies.

Application for forfeiture of detained cash
     7.  - (1) An application under section 28 of the Act for the forfeiture of detained cash shall be in Form E and shall be addressed to the clerkof the magistrates' court referred to in rule 5(3) of these Rules.

    (2) The clerk of the magistrates' court who receives such an application shall fix a date for the hearing and notify the applicant and every person to whom notice of an order for continued detention has been given of the application and the date fixed for the hearing.

    (3) At the hearing of an application received in accordance with paragraph (1) the justice of the peace shall require the matters contained in the application to be sworn by the applicant under oath, may require the applicant to answer any questions under oath, and may require any response from the respondent to the application and from any other party heard by the court in accordance with section 28(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000 to be made under oath.

Order for forfeiture of detained cash
     8. An order for the forfeiture of detained cash made by a justice of the peace under section 28 of the Act shall be in Form F and a copy of the order shall be given to every person to whom notice of the order for continued detention was given and to every party heard by the court in accordance with section 28(3) of the Act when considering the application.

Release of cash to meet legal expenses in connection with appeal against forfeiture order
     9.  - (1) An application under section 29(3) of the Act for the release of cash to meet the appellant's legal expenses in connection with his/her appeal under section 29(1) of the Act shall be made in writing to the magistrates' court which made the order for forfeiture under section 28 of the Act, and shall contain the name and address of the solicitor instructed by the appellant and the amount requested to be released, together with any evidence in support of the application.

    (2) The clerk of the magistrates' court who receives such an application shall fix a date for the hearing and notify the applicant and every person to whom a copy of the forfeiture order was given of the date of the hearing.

    (3) An order for the release of cash under section 29(3) of the Act shall be in Form G.

Joinder
     10. At any hearing under sections 26(1), 26(4), 27(2) or 28(1) of the Act, or on the application of any person affected by an order or further order for continued detention, the court may, if it thinks fit, order that any person shall be joined as a party to the proceedings and, if the court so orders otherwise than at such a hearing, the clerk of the magistrates' court shall give notice to the other parties of the joinder.

Notice
     11. Any notice or copy of any order required to be given to any person under these Rules may be given by post to his/her last known address.

Procedure at hearings
     12.  - (1) At the hearing of an application under section 26(1), 26(4), 27(2) or 28(1) of the Act, any person to whom notice of the application has been given may attend and be heard on the question of whether an order or further order of continued detention should be made, an existing order should be discharged or a forfeiture order should be made, as the case may be, but the fact that any such person does not attend shall not prevent the court from hearing the application.

    (2) Subject to the foregoing provisions of these Rules, proceedings on such an application shall be regulated in the same manner as proceedings on a complaint, and accordingly for the purposes of these Rules the application shall be deemed to be a complaint, the applicant a complainant, the respondents to be defendants and any notice given by the clerk of a magistrates' court under rule 5(3) or 7(2) of these Rules to be a summons: but nothing in this rule shall be construed as enabling a warrant of arrest to be issued for failure to appear in answer to any such notice.


Irvine of Lairg,
C.

Dated 29th January 2001



SCHEDULE

FORM A



Application under section 26(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 for continued detention of seized cash


    
Magistrates' Court

    
Code

Date
    

Name of person from whom cash

seized*


Address*


Names and addresses of any other persons likely to be affected by an order

for detention of the cash (if known)


Amount seized

(estimated**)


Date of seizure


Time of seizure


Place of seizure


I,


of


    (official address and position of applicant)

Authorised officer/Commissioner of Customs and Excise**, apply for an order under section 26(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 authorising the continued detention of the above-mentioned cash and will state upon oath that:

(state grounds)











and     

Note to the Applicant - You must give a copy of this application and notification of the hearing of it to the person from whom the cash was seized. The justice of the peace who considers this application will require the matters contained in it to be sworn under oath and may require you to answer questions under oath. The justice of the peace may also require any statement in response by the person from whom the cash was seized to be given under oath.

* In the case of a letter, parcel or container or other means of unattended dispatch, insert names and addresses, if known, of sender and intended recipient.

** Delete as appropriate



FORM B

Order for continued detention of seized cash made in relation to an application under section 26(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000


    
Magistrates' Court

    
Code

Date
&fillName; of person from whom cash was

seized*


Address*


Amount seized

(estimated**)


Date of seizure


Time of seizure


Place of seizure


Names and addresses of any other persons identified by the Court as being affected by this order





On the application of
, after hearing oral evidence from the applicant and representations from
, being the person from whom the cash was seized,

It is ordered that the above-mentioned cash be further detained for a period of
(state period up to a maximum of three months from the date of this order) or until its release may be otherwise ordered, whichever is the earlier.

Notice of this order shall be given without delay to the person from whom the cash was seized and to any other person specified in this order as being affected by it. Such notice shall be in the form set out overleaf and shall be accompained by a copy of this order.

    


     Justice of the Peace

* In the case of a letter, parcel, container or other means of unattended dispatch, insert names and addresses, if known, of sender and intended recipient.

** Delete as appropriate.



NOTICE TO PERSONS AFFECTED BY AN ORDER FOR CONTINUED DETENTION OF SEIZED CASH

Cash in the sum of
(amount) was seized

on
(date and time) at
(place)

from
(person from whom seized). On

(date of order) an order was made in relation to an application under section 26(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000 authorising the continued detention of the cash for a period of
(state period). A copy of the order accompanies this notice.

You are being given notice of the order because it appears to the court that you may be affected by it. You may apply for the release of the detained cash under section 27(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000.

At the end of the above-mentioned period of detention an application may be made under section 26(4) of the Terrorism Act 2000 for the further detention of the cash. You will be notified by the court if such an application is made, or if any other person makes an application to the court for the release of the detained cash.

     Signed


     (clerk to the justices)

     Date


FORM C

Further application for continued detention of seized cash made under section 26(4) of the Terrorism Act 2000


    
Magistrates' Court

    
Code

Date
    

Date of order for continued detention of seized

cash


I
    

of
     (official address and position of applicant) Authorised officer/Commissioner of Customs and Excise*, apply for an order under section 26(4) of the Terrorism Act 2000 authorising the further detention of cash in the sum of
(amount).

Note to the Applicant  -  This application must wherever possible be submitted to the clerk to the justices at least seven days before the expiry of the last period of detention which was ordered by the court. You must attach to this application a copy of the order made in relation to the application under section 26(1), and send copies of both documents to the person from whom the cash was seized and any other person specified in the order made in relation to the application under section 26(1).

To: The clerk to the justices

    
Magistrates' Court

*Delete as appropriate



FORM D

Direction for the release of detained cash made under section 27(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000


    
Magistrates' Court

    
Code

Date
    

On the application of
, (name of applicant) of

(address), after hearing oral

evidence from
and representations

from


It is directed that the sum of
, together with the interest accruing thereon in accordance with section 27(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000, be released to or to the order of
(name) on or before
(date, not more than seven days from the date of this direction or such later date as may be agreed by the person from whom the cash was seized, except where section 27(5) of the Terrorism Act 2000 applies).

    


     Justice of the Peace



FORM E

Application for forfeiture of detained cash under section 28 of the Terrorism Act 2000


    
Magistrates' Court

    
Code

Date
    

I,


of
(official address and position of applicant)

Authorised officer/Commissioner of Customs and Excise*, apply for an order under section 28 of the Terrorism Act 2000 for the forfeiture of cash in the sum of
(amount) seized

on
(date and time)

from
(person from whom seized), together with any interest accruing thereon pursuant to section 27(1) of that Act, on the grounds that the said cash,

To: The clerk to the justices

Magistrates' Court

* Delete as appropriate



FORM F

Order for forfeiture of detained cash made in under section 28 of the Terrorism Act 2000


    
Magistrates' Court

Code     


Date
    

Date of most recent order for continued detention of seized cash


Name of person from whom cash was seized*


Address*


Amount seized (estimated**)


Date of seizure


Time of seizure


Place of seizure


Names and addresses of any other persons whom the court has identified as being affected by the above-mentioned order for continued detention of the cash





On the appliction of
, after hearing oral evidence from the applicant and representations from
being the person from whom the cash was seized/a person likely to be affected by the above-mentioned order for continued detention/a person who claims in accordance with section 28(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000 to be the owner of or otherwise interested in any of the cash which is to be forfeited,

It is ordered that the above-mentioned cash be forfeited.

Note to the parties to these proceedings - Any party to the proceedings in which this forfeiture order is made, except for the applicant for the forfeiture order, may appeal against the order to the Crown Court under section 29 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The appeal must be brought before the end of the period of 30 days beginning with the date on which this order was made.

    


Justice of the Peace

* In the case of a letter, parcel, container or other means of unattended dispatch, insert names and addresses, if known, of sender and intended recipient.

** Delete as appropriate.



FORM G

Order under section 29(3) of the Terrorism Act 2000 for the release of detained cash to meet legal expenses


    
Magistrates' Court

    
Code

Date
    

On the application of
, (name of applicant)

of
(address of applicant),

After hearing oral evidence/representations from




It is directed that the sum of
be released

to
to meet the legal expenses of the applicant in connection with his/her appeal under section 29(1) of the Terrorism Act 2000.

    


     Justice of the Peace


EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Rules)


These Rules prescribe the procedure to be followed for applications to a magistrates' court for the detention, further detention, forfeiture or release of cash seized by a constable, customs officer or immigration officer on reasonable suspicion of being related to terrorism in one of the ways listed in section 25 of the Terrorism Act 2000. The Rules also prescribe the forms to be used in connection with the applications and hearings.

Notes:

 [1] 1980 c. 43.back

[2] 2000 c. 11.back


ISBN 0 11 019176 5


 © Crown copyright 2001

Prepared 7 February 2001

BAILII: Copyright Policy | Disclaimers | Privacy Policy | Feedback | Donate to BAILII
URL: http://www.bailii.org/uk/legis/num_reg/2001/20010194.html