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PROCEEDS OF CRIME ACT 2002 - SECT 8

Information gathering (Chapter 3)

             (1)  Chapter 3 sets out 5 ways to obtain information:

                     (a)  examining any person about the affairs of people covered by examination orders (see Part 3-1); and

                     (b)  requiring people, under production orders, to produce property-tracking documents or make them available for inspection (see Part 3-2); and

                     (c)  requiring financial institutions to provide information and documents relating to accounts and transactions (see Part 3-3); and

                     (d)  requiring financial institutions, under monitoring orders, to provide information about transactions over particular periods (see Part 3-4); and

                     (e)  searching for and seizing tainted property or evidential material, either under search warrants or in relation to conveyances (see Part 3-5).

             (2)  Chapter 3 also authorises the disclosure, to certain authorities for certain purposes, of information obtained under that Chapter or certain other provisions (see Part 3-6).



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