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Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
sec.205Suspension order application
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### sec.205 Suspension order application
A police officer may apply to a Supreme Court judge for an order ( suspension order ) directing a financial institution to give information to a police officer about a named person.
The application—
may be made without notice to any person; and
must—
be sworn and state the grounds on which the order is sought; and
include information required under the responsibilities code about any suspension orders issued within the previous year in relation to an account held with the financial institution by the named person.
Subsection (2) (b) (ii) applies only to—
information kept in a register that the police officer may inspect; and
information the police officer otherwise actually knows.
The judge may refuse to consider the application until the police officer gives the judge all the information the judge requires about the application in the way the judge requires.
The judge may require additional information supporting the application to be given by statutory declaration.
s 205 ins 2002 No. 68 s 336
(sec.205-ssec.1) A police officer may apply to a Supreme Court judge for an order ( suspension order ) directing a financial institution to give information to a police officer about a named person.
(sec.205-ssec.2) The application— may be made without notice to any person; and must— be sworn and state the grounds on which the order is sought; and include information required under the responsibilities code about any suspension orders issued within the previous year in relation to an account held with the financial institution by the named person.
(sec.205-ssec.3) Subsection (2) (b) (ii) applies only to— information kept in a register that the police officer may inspect; and information the police officer otherwise actually knows.
(sec.205-ssec.4) The judge may refuse to consider the application until the police officer gives the judge all the information the judge requires about the application in the way the judge requires. The judge may require additional information supporting the application to be given by statutory declaration.
- (a) may be made without notice to any person; and
- (b) must— (i) be sworn and state the grounds on which the order is sought; and (ii) include information required under the responsibilities code about any suspension orders issued within the previous year in relation to an account held with the financial institution by the named person.
- (i) be sworn and state the grounds on which the order is sought; and
- (ii) include information required under the responsibilities code about any suspension orders issued within the previous year in relation to an account held with the financial institution by the named person.
- (i) be sworn and state the grounds on which the order is sought; and
- (ii) include information required under the responsibilities code about any suspension orders issued within the previous year in relation to an account held with the financial institution by the named person.
- (a) information kept in a register that the police officer may inspect; and
- (b) information the police officer otherwise actually knows.