Part 8Investigations

Chapter 2England and Wales and Northern Ireland

Account monitoring orders

F1375BEvidence overseas: restrictions on use

(1)

This section applies to evidence obtained by means of a request for assistance under section 375A.

(2)

The evidence must not be used for any purpose other than—

(a)

for the purposes of the investigation for which it was obtained, or

(b)

for the purposes of proceedings described in subsection (3) or any proceedings arising out of such proceedings.

(3)

Those proceedings are—

(a)

if the request was made for the purposes of a civil recovery investigation, proceedings under Chapter 2 of Part 5 of this Act arising out of the investigation;

(b)

if the request was made for the purposes of a detained cash investigation, proceedings under Chapter 3 of Part 5 of this Act arising out of the investigation;

F2(ba)

if the request was made for the purposes of a detained property investigation, proceedings under Chapter 3A of Part 5 of this Act arising out of the investigation;

(bb)

if the request was made for the purposes of a frozen funds investigation, proceedings under Chapter 3B of Part 5 of this Act arising out of the investigation;

F3(bc)

if the request was made for the purposes of a cryptoasset investigation, proceedings under Chapter 3C, 3D, 3E or 3F of Part 5 of this Act arising out of the investigation;

(c)

if the request was made for the purposes of an exploitation proceeds investigation, proceedings under Part 7 of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009 arising out of the investigation.

(4)

Subsection (2) does not apply if the court, tribunal, government or authority to whom the request for assistance was sent consents to the use.