PART 3Enforcement in Northern Ireland of English or Welsh Orders and Scottish Orders

English or Welsh Account Monitoring Orders

15.—(1) This article applies where an English or Welsh account monitoring order is made in respect of a financial institution in Northern Ireland.

(2) The account monitoring order may be served—

(a)by sending it by post, facsimile transmission or electronic mail to the person in possession of the material; or

(b)by a Northern Ireland appropriate officer or an English or Welsh appropriate officer serving the order personally,

and any rules of court (other than rules of court made by virtue of section 120C) as to the service of documents and any other requirements in law as to the service of documents do not apply.

(3) Paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 6A (account monitoring orders) has effect with the modification that for “an appropriate officer” there is substituted “whichever of an English or Welsh appropriate officer, a Northern Ireland appropriate officer or an English or Welsh appropriate officer and Northern Ireland appropriate officer acting together the order specifies”.

(4) The account monitoring order has effect as if it were an order of the Crown Court in Northern Ireland.

(5) Paragraph 7 of Schedule 6A (statements) applies to criminal proceedings brought in Northern Ireland as well as criminal proceedings brought in England and Wales.

(6) Paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 6A (effect of orders) has effect as if the order were a Northern Ireland account monitoring order.