[SCHEDULE 6A Account Monitoring Orders]

[SCHEDULE 6A Account Monitoring Orders]

[Introduction

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(1)     This paragraph applies for the purposes of this Schedule.

(2)     A judge is—

(a)     a Circuit judge, [a Circuit judge or a District Judge (Magistrates' Courts),] in England and Wales;

(b)     the sheriff, in Scotland;

(c)     a Crown Court judge, in Northern Ireland.

(3)     The court is—

(a)     the Crown Court, in England and Wales or Northern Ireland;

(b)     the sheriff, in Scotland.

(4)     An appropriate officer is—

(a)     a police officer, in England and Wales or Northern Ireland;

[(aa)     a counter-terrorism financial investigator, in England and Wales or Northern Ireland;]

(b)     the procurator fiscal, in Scotland.

(5)     “Financial institution†has the same meaning as in Schedule 6.

Account monitoring orders

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(1)     A judge may, on an application made to him by an appropriate officer, make an account monitoring order if he is satisfied that—

(a)     the order is sought for the purposes of a terrorist investigation,

(b)     the tracing of terrorist property is desirable for the purposes of the investigation, and

(c)     the order will enhance the effectiveness of the investigation.

(2)

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