Article 24 Requirements for making of customer information orderI1

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

(1)

These are the requirements for the making of a customer information order.

F1(2)

There must be reasonable grounds for suspecting that—

(a)

the person specified in the application for the order holds property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct; or

(b)

that person has, at any time, held property that was obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct.

(3)

There must be reasonable grounds for believing that customer information which may be provided in compliance with the order is likely to be of substantial value (whether or not by itself) to the external investigation.

(4)

There must be reasonable grounds for believing that it is in the public interest for the customer information to be provided, having regard to the benefit likely to accrue to the external investigation if the information is obtained.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Art. 24(2) substituted (30.11.2015) by The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) (Amendment) Order 2015 (S.I. 2015/1751), arts. 1(2), 11

Commencement

I1: Art. 24 in force at 11.11.2013, see art. 1(1)