SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7Terrorist financing and money laundering

Part 5Enforcement: information powers

Power to require information or documents

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1

An enforcement officer may by notice to a relevant person require the person—

a

to provide such information as may be specified in the notice, or

b

to produce such documents as may be so specified.

2

An officer may exercise powers under this paragraph only if the information or documents sought to be obtained as a result are reasonably required in connection with the exercise by the enforcement authority for whom the officer acts of its functions under this Schedule.

3

Where an officer requires information to be provided or documents produced under this paragraph—

a

the notice must set out the reasons why the officer requires the information to be provided or the documents produced, and

b

the information must be provided or the documents produced—

i

before the end of such reasonable period as may be specified in the notice; and

ii

at such place as may be so specified.

4

In relation to a document in electronic form the power to require production of it includes a power to require the production of a copy of it in legible form or in a form from which it can readily be produced in visible and legible form.

5

An enforcement officer may take copies of, or make extracts from, any document produced under this paragraph.

6

The production of a document does not affect any lien which a person has on the document.