SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 7Terrorist financing and money laundering
Part 5Enforcement: information powers
Power to require information or documents
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1
An enforcement officer may by notice to a relevant person require the person—
a
to provide such information as may be specified in the notice, or
b
to produce such documents as may be so specified.
2
An officer may exercise powers under this paragraph only if the information or documents sought to be obtained as a result are reasonably required in connection with the exercise by the enforcement authority for whom the officer acts of its functions under this Schedule.
3
Where an officer requires information to be provided or documents produced under this paragraph—
a
the notice must set out the reasons why the officer requires the information to be provided or the documents produced, and
b
the information must be provided or the documents produced—
i
before the end of such reasonable period as may be specified in the notice; and
ii
at such place as may be so specified.
4
In relation to a document in electronic form the power to require production of it includes a power to require the production of a copy of it in legible form or in a form from which it can readily be produced in visible and legible form.
5
An enforcement officer may take copies of, or make extracts from, any document produced under this paragraph.
6
The production of a document does not affect any lien which a person has on the document.