{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-order-2013/article-54",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2013/2605",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) Order 2013",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-order-2013",
  "path": "article/54",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "54",
  "heading": "Further provisions",
  "text": "(1) A disclosure order does not confer the right to require a person to answer any question, provide any information or produce any document which they would be entitled to refuse to answer, provide or produce on grounds of legal privilege.\n(2) A disclosure order has effect in spite of any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).\n(3) The Scottish Ministers may take copies of any documents produced in compliance with a requirement to produce them which is imposed under a disclosure order.\n(4) Documents so produced may be retained for so long as it is necessary to retain them (as opposed to a copy of them) in connection with the external investigation.\n(5) But if the Scottish Ministers have reasonable grounds for believing that—\n(a) the documents may need to be produced for the purposes of any legal proceedings, and\n(b) they might otherwise be unavailable for those purposes,\nthey may be retained until the proceedings are concluded.\n(6) Material produced in compliance with a disclosure order must be sent to the Secretary of State for forwarding to the overseas authority that made the request for assistance.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 54 in force at 11.11.2013, see art. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2013/2605/article/54",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:38:12.589733+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}