the Director of Public Prosecutions,

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the Lord Advocate, F10and

the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland,

the Director of Public Prosecutions,

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the Lord Advocate F12,or

the Director of Public Prosecutions for Northern Ireland.

the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism,

any act or omission which appears to have been for the purposes of terrorism and which consists in or involves the commission, preparation or instigation of an offence, or

the commission, preparation or instigation of an offence under the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) or under Part 1 of the Terrorism Act 2006 other than an offence under section 1 or 2 of that Act.

any offence listed in Schedule 2 to the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (c. 29) (lifestyle offences: England and Wales);

any offence listed in Schedule 4 to that Act (lifestyle offences: Scotland);

any offence listed in Schedule 5 to that Act (lifestyle offences: Northern Ireland);

any offence under sections 15 to 18 of the Terrorism Act 2000 (c. 11) (offences relating to fund-raising, money laundering etc.);

any offence under section 170 of the Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 (c. 2) (fraudulent evasion of duty) or section 72 of the Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c. 23) (offences relating to VAT) which is a qualifying offence;

any offence under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) F5or section 17 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969 (false accounting), or any offence at common law of cheating in relation to the public revenue, which is a qualifying offence;

any offence under section 1 of the Criminal Attempts Act 1981 (c. 47) F6or Article 3 of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983, or in Scotland at common law, of attempting to commit any offence in paragraph (c) or any offence in paragraph (d) or (e) which is a qualifying offence;

any offence under section 1 of the Criminal Law Act 1977 (c. 45) F7or Article 9 of the Criminal Attempts and Conspiracy (Northern Ireland) Order 1983, or in Scotland at common law, of conspiracy to commit any offence in paragraph (c) or any offence in paragraph (d) or (e) which is a qualifying offence;

any offence under the Bribery Act 2010.

any offence under section 45 or 46 of the Criminal Finances Act 2017 (failure to prevent the facilitation of UK tax evasion offences or foreign tax evasion offences).

any offence under regulations under section 1 of the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 (sanctions regulations) which is specified by those regulations by virtue of section 17(8) of that Act.

in the case of an offence in paragraph (d) or an offence of cheating the public revenue, the offence involved or would have involved a loss, or potential loss, to the public revenue of an amount not less than £5,000;

in the case of an offence under section 17 of the Theft Act 1968 (c. 60) F8or section 17 of the Theft Act (Northern Ireland) 1969, the offence involved or would have involved a loss or gain, or potential loss or gain, of an amount not less than £5,000.

amend subsection (1), in its application to England and Wales F9or Northern Ireland, so as to remove an offence from it or add an offence to it;

amend subsection (1), in its application to Scotland, so as to remove an offence from it or add an offence to it;

that there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that an offence to which this Chapter applies has been committed,

that any person has information (whether or not contained in a document) which relates to a matter relevant to the investigation of that offence, and

that there are reasonable grounds for believing that information which may be provided by that person in compliance with a disclosure notice is likely to be of substantial value (whether or not by itself) to that investigation,

that any person has information (whether or not contained in a document) which relates to a matter relevant to a terrorist investigation, and

that there are reasonable grounds for believing that information which may be provided by that person in compliance with a disclosure notice is likely to be of substantial value (whether or not by itself) to that investigation,

a constable,

a National Crime Agency officer who is for the time being designated under section 9 or 10 of the Crime and Courts Act 2013, or

an officer of Revenue and Customs.

answer questions with respect to any matter relevant to the investigation;

provide information with respect to any such matter as is specified in the notice;

produce such documents, or documents of such descriptions, relevant to the investigation as are specified in the notice.

the time at or by which,

the place at which, or

the manner in which,

take copies of or extracts from any documents produced in compliance with the notice, and

require the person producing them to provide an explanation of any of them.

that any such documents may have to be produced for the purposes of any legal proceedings, and

that they might otherwise be unavailable for those purposes,

is the person by whom the notice was given, or

is authorised by the Investigating Authority for the purposes of this section.

to answer any privileged question,

to provide any privileged information, or

to produce any privileged document,

subsections (1) to (5) do not have effect, but

a person may not be required under section 62 or 63 to answer any question, provide any information or produce any document which he would be entitled, on grounds of legal privilege, to refuse to answer or (as the case may be) provide or produce.

the person to whom the obligation of confidence is owed consents to the disclosure or production, or

the requirement is made by, or in accordance with a specific authorisation given by, the Investigating Authority.

for an offence under section 67 of this Act, or

for an offence under section 5 of the Perjury Act 1911 (c. 6) (false statements made on oath otherwise than in judicial proceedings or made otherwise than on oath), or

for an offence under F19section 44(2) of the Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995 (c.39) (false statutory declarations and other false statements without oath) or at common law for an offence of attempting to pervert the course, or defeat the ends, of justiceF16, or

for an offence under Article 10 of the Perjury (Northern Ireland) Order 1979 (false statements made otherwise than on oath).

the person, when giving evidence in the proceedings, makes a statement inconsistent with the relevant statement, and

in the proceedings evidence relating to the relevant statement is adduced, or a question about it is asked, by or on behalf of the person.

that any of the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) is met in relation to any documents of a description specified in the information, and

that the documents are on premises so specified.

that a person has been required by a disclosure notice to produce the documents but has not done so;

that it is not practicable to give a disclosure notice requiring their production;

that giving such a notice might seriously prejudice the investigation of an offence to which this Chapter applies.

to enter and search the premises, using such force as is reasonably necessary;

to take possession of any documents appearing to be documents of a description specified in the information, or to take any other steps which appear to be necessary for preserving, or preventing interference with, any such documents;

in the case of any such documents consisting of information recorded otherwise than in legible form, to take possession of any computer disk or other electronic storage device which appears to contain the information in question, or to take any other steps which appear to be necessary for preserving, or preventing interference with, that information;

to take copies of or extracts from any documents or information falling within paragraph (b) or (c);

to require any person on the premises to provide an explanation of any such documents or information or to state where any such documents or information may be found;

to require any such person to give the appropriate person such assistance as he may reasonably require for the taking of copies or extracts as mentioned in paragraph (d).

the document may be retained for so long as the Investigating Authority considers that it is necessary to retain it (rather than a copy of it) in connection with the investigation for the purposes of which the warrant was sought, or

the device may be retained for so long as he considers that it is necessary to retain it in connection with that investigation,

that any such document or device may have to be produced for the purposes of any legal proceedings, and

that it might otherwise be unavailable for those purposes,

subsection (1) has effect as if, for the words from the beginning to “satisfied—”, there were substituted “ A sheriff may issue a warrant under this section, on the application of a procurator fiscal, if he is satisfied— ”;

subsections (1)(a) and (3)(b) have effect as if, for “in the information”, there were substituted “ in the application ”; and

subsections (4) to (6) do not have effect.

subsection (1) has effect as if, for the words from the beginning to “laid”, there were substituted “A lay magistrate may issue a warrant under this section if, on complaint on oath made”; and

subsections (1)(a) and (3)(b) have effect as if, for “in the information”, there were substituted “in the complaint”.

he makes a statement which is false or misleading, and

he either knows that it is false or misleading or is reckless as to whether it is false or misleading.

“False or misleading” means false or misleading in a material particular.

to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 51 weeks, or

to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale,

on conviction on indictment, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding two years or to a fine, or to both;

on summary conviction, to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 12 months or to a fine not exceeding the statutory maximum, or to both.

the reference to 51 weeks in subsection (4)(a) is to be read as a reference to 6 months; and

the reference to 12 months in subsection (5)(b) is to be read as a reference to 6 months.

delivering it to him,

leaving it at his proper address,

sending it by post to him at that address.

in the case of a body corporate, to the secretary or clerk of that body;

in the case of a partnership, to a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business;

in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership), to an officer of the association.

in the case of a body corporate or its secretary or clerk, it is the address of the registered office of that body or its principal office in the United Kingdom,

in the case of a partnership, a partner or a person having the control or management of the partnership business, it is that of the principal office of the partnership in the United Kingdom, and

in the case of an unincorporated association (other than a partnership) or an officer of the association, it is that of the principal office of the association in the United Kingdom.