Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

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.