Overseas production orders
8Inclusion of non-disclosure requirement in order
1
A judge making an overseas production order may include a non-disclosure requirement in the order.
2
A non-disclosure requirement is a requirement imposed on the person against whom the order is made not to disclose the making of the order or its contents to any person except—
a
with the leave of a judge, or
b
with the written permission of the appropriate officer who applied for the order or an equivalent appropriate officer.
3
An overseas production order that includes a non-disclosure requirement must specify or describe when the requirement is to expire.
4
A judge revoking an overseas production order that includes an unexpired non-disclosure requirement may order that the person against whom the overseas production order was made is to remain subject to the non-disclosure requirement.
5
An order under subsection (4) may specify or describe a different time when the non-disclosure requirement is to expire than that specified or described in the overseas production order that is being revoked.
6
For the purpose of subsection (2)(b), an appropriate officer is an equivalent appropriate officer in relation to an overseas production order if—