(1)A judge may, on an application made to him by the Director, make a disclosure order if he is satisfied that each of the requirements for the making of the order is fulfilled.
(2)No application for a disclosure order may be made in relation to a money laundering investigation.
(3)The application for a disclosure order must state that—
(a)a person specified in the application is subject to a confiscation investigation which is being carried out by the Director and the order is sought for the purposes of the investigation, or
(b)property specified in the application is subject to a civil recovery investigation and the order is sought for the purposes of the investigation.
(4)A disclosure order is an order authorising the Director to give to any person the Director considers has relevant information notice in writing requiring him to do, with respect to any matter relevant to the investigation for the purposes of which the order is sought, any or all of the following—
(a)answer questions, either at a time specified in the notice or at once, at a place so specified;
(b)provide information specified in the notice, by a time and in a manner so specified;
(c)produce documents, or documents of a description, specified in the notice, either at or by a time so specified or at once, and in a manner so specified.
(5)Relevant information is information (whether or not contained in a document) which the Director considers to be relevant to the investigation.
(6)A person is not bound to comply with a requirement imposed by a notice given under a disclosure order unless evidence of authority to give the notice is produced to him.
Commencement Information
I1S. 357 in force at 24.2.2003 by S.I. 2003/120, art. 2, Sch. (with arts. 3, 4) (as amended (20.2.2003) by S.I. 2003/333, art. 14)