The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (Investigations in different parts of the United Kingdom) Order 2003

English or Welsh account monitoring orders

21.—(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 as to the service of documents (other than rules of court made by virtue of section 446 of the Act) or other requirements in law as to the service of documents do not apply.

(3) Section 370(6) of the Act (definition of account monitoring order) 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 a 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) Section 372 of the Act (statements) applies to criminal proceedings brought in Northern Ireland, as well as criminal proceedings brought in England and Wales.

(6) Section 374 of the Act (disclosure of information) has effect as if the order were a Northern Ireland account monitoring order.