If an application for a confiscation order in respect of a person's conviction of a serious offence is made to the court before which the person was convicted of the offence –

(a) the application may be dealt with by that court; and

(b) any function or power may be exercised and any duty may be performed by that court in relation to the confiscation order –

whether or not that court is constituted in the same way as it was constituted when the person was convicted of the offence.