# The Criminal Justice (European Investigation Order) Regulations 2017 (revoked) S.I. 2017/730 · made 5 July 2017 · revised to 31 December 2020 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-european-investigation-order-regulations-2017-revoked/pdf/uksi_20170730_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-european-investigation-order-regulations-2017-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20170730_en.pdf ## Introductory text Criminal Law Made 5th July 2017 Laid before Parliament 10th July 2017 Coming into force 31st July 2017 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General ## 1 Citation, commencement and extent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 General Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Consequential amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Making or validating a European investigation order in the United Kingdom ### Chapter 1: General ## 5 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Power of a judicial authority to make a European investigation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Power of a designated public prosecutor to make or validate a European investigation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Form and content of a European investigation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Transmission of a European investigation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Variation or revocation of a European investigation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Meaning of “under the same conditions in a similar domestic case” . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Use of evidence obtained under this Part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Additional requirements for certain investigative measures ## 13 Interpretation and relationship to Chapter 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Hearing a person by videoconference or telephone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Banking and other financial information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Investigative measures requiring the gathering of evidence in real time, continuously and over a certain period of time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 Covert investigations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Provisional measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Interception of telecommunications where technical assistance is needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Making a European investigation order for the temporary transfer of a prisoner ## 20 Temporary transfer of UK prisoner to a participating State for the purpose of UK investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Temporary transfer of EU prisoner to the UK for the purpose of UK investigation or proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 European investigation order for the temporary transfer of a prisoner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Restrictions on prosecution and detention for other matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Time spent by UK prisoner in custody overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Recognition and execution in the United Kingdom of a European investigation order made in a participating State ### Chapter 1: General ## 25 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: General provisions relating to the recognition and execution of a European investigation order ## 26 Recognition of a European investigation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Sufficiency of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Grounds for refusal of recognition or execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Postponement of recognition or execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Time limits for recognition and execution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Transfer of evidence to the issuing State . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 European investigation orders relating to HMRC matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 European investigation orders relating to customs matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 Request by an authority of the issuing State to assist in the execution of a European investigation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: Execution of a European investigation order relating to witness evidence and hearings ## 35 Nominating a court to receive evidence from a person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Hearing a person through videoconference or other audio visual transmission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Hearing a person by telephone conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: Execution of a European investigation order by means of a search warrant etc. ## 38 Search warrants and production orders: nominating a court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Search warrants and production orders: giving effect to the European investigation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Evidence seized under a search warrant or production order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Power to revoke or vary a search warrant or production order or to authorise the release of evidence seized or produced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 5: Execution of a European investigation order by means of a customer information order or an account monitoring order ## 42 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Nominating a court to make a customer information order or an account monitoring order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 44 Court’s power to make a customer information order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Court’s power to make an account monitoring order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 Grounds for refusing to make a customer information order or an account monitoring order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 Postponement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 Power to vary or revoke customer information and account monitoring orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 Offences in relation to customer information orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Offence of disclosure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 6: Referral to an executing authority for assistance in execution of a European investigation order ## 51 Referral to executing authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 Lord Advocate’s direction in relation to serious or complex fraud . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 7: Recognition and execution of a European investigation order for the temporary transfer of a prisoner ## 53 Temporary transfer of prisoners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 Temporary transfer of UK prisoner to issuing State for the purpose of issuing State’s investigation or proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 Temporary transfer of EU prisoner to UK for the purpose of issuing State’s investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Restrictions on prosecution and detention for other matters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 Time spent by UK prisoner in custody overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: Miscellaneous ## 58 Interception of telecommunications where no technical assistance is needed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 Designation of the Directive for the purposes of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 UK authority’s duty to reimburse participating State for compensation paid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 Rules of court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Designated prosecutors, investigating authorities and executing authorities ## 1 Designated public prosecutors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Other designated prosecutors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Designated investigating authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Designated executing authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 Participating States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Consequential amendments ### Part 1: Amendments to Acts ## 1 Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Amendment of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Amendment of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Amendment of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Amendment of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Amendment of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Amendment of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Amendment of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Amendments to subordinate legislation ## 10 Amendment of the Criminal Justice (Evidence) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Amendment of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Amendment of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) Order 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Amendment of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (Scotland) (No. 3) Order 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Amendment of the Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (Designation of Participating Countries) (England, Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: General grounds for refusal ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5: Receiving evidence before a nominated court ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Part 2: Hearing by telephone conference ## 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/730 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-justice-european-investigation-order-regulations-2017-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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