# The Serious Crime Act 2007 (Commencement No. 2 and Transitional and Transitory Provisions and Savings) Order 2008, Article 9: Disclosure orders


(1) A member of SOCA’s staff may apply for a disclosure order in relation to a confiscation investigation which is treated by virtue of article 3(2) to (4) as having been commenced by a member of SOCA’s staff (and, accordingly, the amendments made by paragraph 108(1), (2), (3) and (7) of Schedule 8 to the 2007 Act do not apply in such cases).
(2) A member of SOCA’s staff may apply to vary or discharge a disclosure order made before 1st April 2008 in relation to a confiscation investigation carried out by the Director (and, accordingly, the amendments made by paragraph 110(1) and (2) of Schedule 8 to the 2007 Act do not apply in such cases).
(3) Paragraphs (2) to (5) of article 3 apply to—
(a) functions transferred by virtue of paragraph (1) or (2); and
(b) functions in relation to confiscation investigations transferred to a prosecutor (within the meaning given by section 357(8)(b), (c) or (d) of the 2002 Act) by paragraphs 108(1), (2), (3) and (7) and 110(1) and (2) of Schedule 8 to the 2007 Act;
as they apply to the functions mentioned in paragraphs (2) and (3) of article 3 but as if, in the case of functions falling within sub-paragraph (b), the transferee were the prosecutor concerned.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/755/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/serious-crime-act-2007-commencement-no-2-and-transitional-and-transitory-provisions-and-savings-order-2008/article-9
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