16.—(1) This article applies where a Scottish account monitoring order is made in respect of a financial institution in Northern Ireland.
(2) The account monitoring order may be served—
(a)by sending it by post, facsimile transmission or electronic mail to the person in possession of the material; or
(b)by a Northern Ireland appropriate officer or a constable of the Police Service of Scotland serving the order personally,
and any rules of court as to the service of documents (other than rules of court made by virtue of section 120C) and any other requirements in law as to the service of documents do not apply.
(3) Paragraph 2(4) of Schedule 6A (account monitoring orders) has effect with the modification that for “an appropriate officer” there is substituted “whichever of a Northern Ireland appropriate officer, a constable of the Police Service of Scotland or a Northern Ireland appropriate officer and a constable of the Police Service of Scotland acting together the order specifies”.
(4) The account monitoring order has effect as if it were an order of the Crown Court in Northern Ireland.
(5) Paragraph 7 of Schedule 6A (statements) applies to criminal proceedings brought in Northern Ireland as well as criminal proceedings brought in Scotland.
(6) Paragraph 6(2) of Schedule 6A (effect of orders) has effect as if the order were a Northern Ireland account monitoring order.