[22B [Information] orders]

[[Information] orders]

[22B  [Information] orders]

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

[(1A)     A magistrates' court or (in Scotland) the sheriff may, on an application made—

(a)     in the case of a magistrates' court, by the Director General of the National Crime Agency or an authorised NCA officer, and

(b)     in the case of the sheriff, by a procurator fiscal,

make an information order if satisfied that either condition 3 or condition 4 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)     [An] 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 [an] information order is met if—

(a)

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