Section 168Part 6 — Forfeiture of Cash and Property
Requirements for making of customer information order
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A court may make a customer information order if it is satisfied that —
in the case of a confiscation investigation, there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person specified in the application for the order has benefited from that person’s criminal conduct;
in the case of a civil recovery investigation, there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that —
the property specified in the application for the order is recoverable property or associated property; and
the person specified in the application holds all or some of the property;
in the case of a money laundering investigation, there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that the person specified in the application for the order has committed a money laundering off ence;
in the case of any investigation, there are reasonable grounds for believing that customer information which may be provided in compliance with the order is likely to be of substantial value (whether or not by itself) to the investigation for the purposes of which the order is sought; and
in the case of any investigation, there are reasonable grounds for believing that it is in the public interest for the customer information to be provided, having regard to the benefit likely to accrue to the investigation if the information is obtained.