Article 33 English or Welsh Financial Information Orders

This article applies where an English or Welsh police officer or counter-terrorism financial investigator requires a financial institution in Scotland to provide customer information under an English or Welsh financial information order.

Proceedings for an offence under paragraph 1(3) (orders) and paragraph 8 (offence by body corporate) of Schedule 6 may be brought in Scotland as well as in England and Wales.

Paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 (self-incrimination) applies in relation to criminal proceedings brought in Scotland as well as criminal proceedings brought in England and Wales.

Paragraph 1(2)(b) of Schedule 6 (orders) applies as if the order were a Scottish financial information order.