15.—(1) Article 37 of the 2013 Order (scope of Part 2) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2), for “property” substitute “a person or property subject to an external investigation”.
(3) In paragraph (3)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (a), before “property” insert “person or”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (b), before “property” insert “person or”;
(c)in sub-paragraph (c), before “property” twice occurring insert “person or”.
16. In article 40 of the 2013 Order (production orders), for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The application for a production order must state that—
(a)a person specified in the application is subject to an external investigation and the condition in article 37(2) is met in respect of the person; or
(b)property specified in the application is subject to an external investigation and the condition in article 37(2) is met in respect of the property.”.
17. In article 41 of the 2013 Order (requirements for making of production order), for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) There must be reasonable grounds for suspecting that—
(a)the person the application for the order specifies as being subject to the external investigation holds property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct;
(b)that person has, at any time, held property that was obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct; or
(c)the property the application for the order specifies as being subject to the external investigation is property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct.”.
18.—(1) Article 47 of the 2013 Order (search warrants) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (1)(a), before “property” insert “a person specified in the application or”.
(3) In paragraph (1)(b), before “property” insert “person or”.
(4) In paragraph (3), omit “also”.
19.—(1) Article 48 of the 2013 Order (requirements where production order not available) is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) This paragraph applies if there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that—
(a)the person specified in the application for the warrant holds property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct;
(b)that person has, at any time, held property that was obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct; or
(c)the property specified in the application for the warrant is property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct.”.
(3) For paragraph (6)(a) substitute—
“(a)relates to the person or property specified in the application or to any of the questions listed in paragraph (6A); and”.
(4) After paragraph (6) insert—
“(6A) Those questions are—
(a)where a person is specified in the application, any question as to—
(i)what property the person holds or has held;
(ii)whether the property was obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct; or
(iii)the nature, extent or whereabouts of the property; and
(b)where property is specified in the application, any question as to—
(i)whether the property was obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct;
(ii)who holds it or has held it;
(iii)whether a person who appears to hold or to have held it holds or has held other property;
(iv)whether the other property was obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct; or
(v)the nature, extent or whereabouts of the specified property or the other property.”.
20. Article 50 of the 2013 Order (disclosure orders) is amended as follows—
(a)in paragraph (2)(a), before “property” insert “a person specified in the application or”;
(b)in paragraph (2)(c), before “property” insert “person or”.
21. In article 51 of the 2013 Order (requirements for making of disclosure order), for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) There must be reasonable grounds for suspecting that—
(a)the person specified in the application for the order holds property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct;
(b)that person has, at any time, held property that was obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct; or
(c)the property specified in the application for the order is property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct.”.
22. In article 56 of the 2013 Order (customer information orders), for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The application for a customer information order must state that—
(a)a person specified in the application is subject to an external investigation; and
(b)the condition in article 37(2) is met in respect of the person.”.
23. In article 58 of the 2013 Order (requirements for making of customer information order), for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) There must be reasonable grounds for suspecting that—
(a)the person specified in the application for the order holds property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct; or
(b)that person has, at any time, held property that was obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct.”.
24. In article 63 of the 2013 Order (account monitoring orders), for paragraph (3) substitute—
“(3) The application for an account monitoring order must state that—
(a)a person specified in the application is subject to an external investigation; and
(b)the condition in article 37(2) is met in respect of the person.”.
25. In article 64 of the 2013 Order (requirements for making an account monitoring order), for paragraph (2) substitute—
“(2) There must be reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person specified in the application for the order holds property obtained as a result of or in connection with criminal conduct.”.
26. For article 69 of the 2013 Order (code of practice) substitute—
69. A code of practice in operation under section 410 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002(1) applies to functions exercisable under this Part as it applies to functions exercisable under Chapter 3 of Part 8 of that Act in relation to civil recovery investigations.”.