Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 6A inserted (20.12.2001) by 2001 c. 24, s. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. 1 para. 1(3); S.I. 2001/4019, art. 2(1)(c)
2(1)A judge may, on an application made to him by an appropriate officer, make an account monitoring order if he is satisfied that—U.K.
(a)the order is sought for the purposes of a terrorist investigation,
(b)the tracing of terrorist property is desirable for the purposes of the investigation, and
(c)the order will enhance the effectiveness of the investigation.
(2)The application for an account monitoring order must state that the order is sought against the financial institution specified in the application in relation to information which—
(a)relates to an account or accounts held at the institution by the person specified in the application (whether solely or jointly with another), and
(b)is of the description so specified.
(3)The application for an account monitoring order may specify information relating to—
(a)all accounts held by the person specified in the application for the order at the financial institution so specified,
(b)a particular description, or particular descriptions, of accounts so held, or
(c)a particular account, or particular accounts, so held.
(4)An account monitoring order is an order that the financial institution specified in the application for the order must—
(a)for the period specified in the order,
(b)in the manner so specified,
(c)at or by the time or times so specified, and
(d)at the place or places so specified,
provide information of the description specified in the application to an appropriate officer.
(5)The period stated in an account monitoring order must not exceed the period of 90 days beginning with the day on which the order is made.]