§ Mr. MellorI beg to move amendment No. 25, in page 18, line 31, at end insert
'as they have effect in relation to a confiscation order'.This amendment is also proposed for clarification. It provides expressly that a number of provisions in the Bill — including those relating to restraint and charging orders and the realisation of property — should have effect in relation to those overseas confiscation orders which will be enforceable in England and Wales, just as they have effect in relation to confiscation orders made here.
This is another part of the international element to which my hon. Friend the Member for Delyn (Mr. Raffan) and others attach such importance. When we have an arrangement with a country that has negotiated, or, as we hope, we are both parties to, an international convention on these matters, an order which affects property in Britain made by a foreign court will in this respect be treated precisely the same as an order by a British court against the same property. That was already implicit in clause 17, but, knowing how lawyers will argue about these simple points, I thought that we should put the matter beyond doubt.
§ Amendment agreed to.