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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-scotland-order-2015/article-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-scotland-order-2015/article-9.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/206",
  "legislation_title": "The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (External Investigations) (Scotland) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/proceeds-of-crime-act-2002-external-investigations-scotland-order-2015",
  "path": "article/9",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Further provisions",
  "text": "(1) A production order does not require a person to produce, or give access to, any items subject to legal privilege.\n(2) A production order has effect in spite of any restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).\n(3) A constable may take copies of any material which is produced, or to which access is given, in compliance with a production order.\n(4) Material produced in compliance with a production order may be retained for so long as it is necessary to retain it (as opposed to copies of it) in connection with the external investigation.\n(5) But if a constable has reasonable grounds for believing that—\n(a) the material may need to be produced for the purposes of any legal proceedings; and\n(b) it might otherwise be unavailable for those purposes,\nit may be retained until the proceedings are concluded.\n(6) Material produced in compliance with a production 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. 9 in force at 16.3.2015, see art. 1(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/206/article/9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:48:07.705583+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."
}