Section 18
\1)
of Criminal Conduct (Recovery of Proceeds) Order, 2000
Where a receiver appointed under this Order or in pursuance of a charging order takes any action -
{a) in relation to any property which is not realisable property, being action which he would be entitled to take if it were such property;
{b) believing, and having reasonable grounds for believing, that he is entitled to take that action in relation to that property, he shall not be liable to any person in respect of any loss or damage resulting from his action except in so far as the loss or damage was caused by his negligence.
(2)
Any amount due in respect of the remuneration and expenses of a receiver so appointed shall, if no sum is available to be applied in payment of it under subsection 14) of section 13, be paid by the prosecution or, in a case where proceedings for an offence to which this Order applies has not been instituted, by the person on whose application the receiver was appointed.
(3)
Without prejudice to the generality of any written law, where-
{a) any person acting as a receiver seizes or disposes of any property in relation to which his functions are not exercisable because it is for the time being subject to a restraint order; and
{b) at the time of the seizure or disposal he believed, and had reasonable grounds for believing, that he was entitled (whether in pursuance of an order of the Court or otherwise) to seize or dispose of that property, he shall not be liable to any person in respect of any loss or damage resulting from the seizure or disposal except in so far as the loss or damage was caused by his negligence in so acting; and a person so acting shall have a lien on the property, or the proceeds of its sale, for such of his expenses as were incurred in connection with the liquidation, bankruptcy or other proceedings in relation to which the seizure or disposal purported to take place and for so much of his remuneration as may reasonably be assigned for his acting in connection with those proceedings.
(4)
Any person who, acting as a receiver, incurs expenses-
{a) in respect of such property as is mentioned in paragraph {a) of subsection ( 1) and in so doing did not know and had no reasonable grounds to believe that the property was for the time being subject to a restraint order; or
(b)
other than in respect of such property as is so mentioned, being expenses which, but for the effect of a restraint order, might have been met by taking possession of and realising the property, shall be entitled (whether or not he has seized or disposed of that property so as to have a lien under that subsection) to payment of those expenses.
Compensation.