# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 47.18: Content of application for a production order under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

Extent: E+W

As well as complying with rules 47.6 and 47.17, an applicant who wants the court to make an order for the production of, or for giving access to, material, must—
(a) describe that material;
(b) explain why the applicant thinks the material is in the respondent’s possession or control;
(c) confirm that none of the material is—
(i) expected to be subject to legal privilege, or
(ii) excluded material;
(d) explain why the material is likely to be of substantial value to the investigation;
(e) explain why it is in the public interest for the material to be produced, or for the applicant to be given access to it, having regard to—
(i) the benefit likely to accrue to the investigation if it is obtained, and
(ii) the circumstances in which the respondent has the material; and
(f) propose—
(i) the terms of the order, and
(ii) the period within which it should take effect, if 7 days from the date of the order would not be appropriate.
[Note. See sections 345 to 350 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002and articles 6 to 11 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2014. Under those provisions—
(a) ‘excluded material’ means the same as under section 11 of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984; and
(b) ‘legal privilege’ is defined by section 348 of the 2002 Act.
A Crown Court judge may make a production order for the purposes of a confiscation investigation, a money laundering investigation, a detained cash investigation, a detained property investigation or a frozen funds investigation.
The applicant for a production order must be an ‘appropriate officer’ as defined by section 378(1), (4) and (5) of the 2002 Act and article 2(1) of the 2014 Order.]

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2025/909/rule/47.18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-47.18
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