Part 8Investigations
Chapter 2England and Wales and Northern Ireland
Production orders
346Requirements for making of production order
1
These are the requirements for the making of a production order.
2
There must be reasonable grounds for suspecting that—
a
in the case of a confiscation investigation, the person the application for the order specifies as being subject to the investigation has benefited from his criminal conduct;
b
in the case of a civil recovery investigation, the property the application for the order specifies as being subject to the investigation is recoverable property or associated property;
c
in the case of a money laundering investigation, the person the application for the order specifies as being subject to the investigation has committed a money laundering offence.
3
There must be reasonable grounds for believing that the person the application specifies as appearing to be in possession or control of the material so specified is in possession or control of it.
4
There must be reasonable grounds for believing that the material is likely to be of substantial value (whether or not by itself) to the investigation for the purposes of which the order is sought.
5
There must be reasonable grounds for believing that it is in the public interest for the material to be produced or for access to it to be given, having regard to—
a
the benefit likely to accrue to the investigation if the material is obtained;
b
the circumstances under which the person the application specifies as appearing to be in possession or control of the material holds it.