Part 8Investigations

Chapter 2England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Account monitoring orders

I1375 Supplementary

1

Rules of court may make provision as to the practice and procedure to be followed in connection with proceedings relating to account monitoring orders.

2

An application to discharge or vary an account monitoring order may be made to the court by—

a

the person who applied for the order;

b

any person affected by the order.

3

The court—

a

may discharge the order;

b

may vary the order.

4

If an accredited financial investigator, a constable or a customs officer applies for an account monitoring order, an application to discharge or vary the order need not be by the same accredited financial investigator, constable or customs officer.

5

References to a person who applied for an account monitoring order must be construed accordingly.

6

Account monitoring orders have effect as if they were orders of the court.

7

This section does not apply to orders made in England and Wales for the purposes of a civil recovery investigation.