# The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, Rule 47.21: Content of application for a customer information 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 a customer information order must—
(a) explain why customer information about the person under investigation is likely to be of substantial value to that investigation;
(b) explain why it is in the public interest for the information to be provided, having regard to the benefit likely to accrue to the investigation if it is obtained; and
(c) propose the terms of the order.
[Note. See sections 363, 364, 365 and 368 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002and articles 22, 23, 24 and 27 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2014.
A Crown Court judge may make a customer information order for the purposes of a confiscation investigation or a money laundering investigation.
The applicant for a customer information 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.
‘Customer information’ is defined by section 364 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/47.21 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/criminal-procedure-rules-2025/rule-47.21/enacted
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