Article 17 Requirements for making of disclosure orderI1

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

(1)

These are the requirements for the making of a disclosure order.

(2)

There must be reasonable grounds for suspecting that the application relates to an external investigation.

(3)

There must be reasonable grounds for believing that—

(a)

information which may be provided in compliance with a requirement imposed under the order is likely to be of substantial value (whether or not by itself) to the external investigation, and

(b)

it is in the public interest for the information to be provided, having regard to the benefit likely to accrue to the external investigation if the information is obtained.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 17 in force at 13.8.2014, see art. 1(b)