PART 4Customer information orders

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1

An application for a customer information order may be made ex parte to a judge in chambers.

2

An application to discharge or vary a customer information order may be made to the Crown Court by—

a

the person who applied for the order,

b

any person affected by the order.

3

The Crown Court—

a

may discharge the order,

b

may vary the order.

4

If an appropriate officer applies for a customer information order, an application to discharge or vary the order need not be by the same appropriate officer.

5

References to a person who applied for a customer information order must be construed accordingly.

6

An appropriate officer may not make an application for a customer information order or an application to vary such an order unless the appropriate officer is a senior appropriate officer or the appropriate officer is authorised to do so by a senior appropriate officer.