12 Further information orders

12  Further information orders

After section 339ZG of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (inserted by section 11 above) insert—

“Further information orders

339ZH Further information orders

(1)     A magistrates' court or (in Scotland) the sheriff may, on an application made by a relevant person, make a further information order if satisfied that either condition 1 or condition 2 is met.

(2)     The application must—

(a)     specify or describe the information sought under the order, and

(b)     specify the person from whom the information is sought (“the respondent”).

(3)     A further information order is an order requiring the respondent to provide—

(a)     the information specified or described in the application for the order, or

(b)     such other information as the court or sheriff making the order thinks appropriate,

so far as the information is in the possession, or under the control, of the respondent.

(4)     Condition 1 for the making of a further information order is met if—

(a)     the information required to be given under the order would relate to a matter arising from a disclosure made under this Part,

(b)     the respondent is the person who made the disclosure or is otherwise carrying on a business

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