(1)An application for a customer information order may be made ex parte to a judge in chambers.
(2)Rules of court may make provision as to the practice and procedure to be followed in connection with proceedings relating to customer information orders.
(3)An application to discharge or vary a customer information order may be made to the court by—
(a)the person who applied for the order;
(b)any person affected by the order.
(4)The court—
(a)may discharge the order;
(b)may vary the order.
(5)If an accredited financial investigator, a constable or a customs officer applies for a customer information order, an application to discharge or vary the order need not be by the same accredited financial investigator, constable or customs officer.
(6)References to a person who applied for a customer information order must be construed accordingly.
(7)An accredited financial investigator, a constable or a customs officer may not make an application for a customer information order or an application to vary such an order unless he is a senior appropriate officer or he is authorised to do so by a senior appropriate officer.
(8)Subsections (2) to (6) do not apply to orders made in England and Wales for the purposes of a civil recovery investigation.
Commencement Information
I1S. 369 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)